Emily Lakdawalla • Aug 03, 2005
A photo of MESSENGER
I was browsing the MESSENGER website just now, and found a neat photo. It's a picture of MESSENGER as seen from Earth when it flew by yesterday. The reason that this photo is neat is that it is exceedingly rare for a planetary spacecraft ever to be seen again once it has been launched successfully. MESSENGER launched a year ago today, and here it is again, come back for a visit.
![MESSENGER as seen from Earth, a year after launch](https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_576x566_crop_center-center_60_line/20130828_messenger_from-earth.jpg 576w)
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