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.
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