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Messenger

Space exploration

Published June 13, 2016

'New Horizons' and MESSENGER missions celebrated in new postage sets

Dark Planet

Published March 10, 2016

APL scientists believe carbon may explain planetary puzzle

Crash ending

Published May 1, 2015

Mission ends as spacecraft launched in 2004 crashes into Mercury's surface

Crash course

Published March 19, 2015

With end to historic mission in sight, spacecraft marks four years in Mercury orbit

Ice pics

Published Oct 16, 2014

NASA Messenger provides optical images of frozen materials permanently shadowed near planet's north pole