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Keywords: Mercury, fly-by
!["Мессенджер" приближается к Меркурию](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/01/16/0001225622/mercury01_messenger.preview.jpg)
16.01.2008
Two days ago, the MESSENGER spacecraft became only the second in human history to swoop past Mercury. The last spacecraft to visit the Sun's closest planet was Mariner 10 over 35 years ago. Mariner 10 was not able to photograph Mercury's entire surface, and the images it did send back raised many questions.
![Запуск "Мессенджера"](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/08/16/0001199243/messengerstreak_cooper.preview.jpg)
14.08.2004
Streaking into the early morning sky on August 3rd, a Delta II rocket launches NASA's Messenger spacecraft on an interplanetary voyage to Mercury. Scheduled to become the first probe to orbit Mercury, Messenger will begin by looping through the inner Solar System in a series of close flybys of planet Earth and Venus.
![Двойная котловина на Меркурии](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/10/07/0001236384/doublebasin_messenger.preview.jpg)
7.10.2009
What created the internal second ring of this double ringed basin on Mercury? No one is sure. The unusual feature spans 160 kilometers and was imaged during the robotic MESSENGER spacecraft's swing past our Solar System's innermost planet last week.
![Вид на кратер Дега с Мессенджера](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2011/06/22/0001252329/DegasView_messenger_900.preview.jpg)
22.06.2011
Now imaging inner planet Mercury from orbit, the MESSENGER spacecraft wide angle camera has returned this impressive color view of Degas Crater, with a full resolution of 90 meters per pixel. Named...
![Удаляясь от Меркурия](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/07/16/0001178328/mercuryoutbound_mariner10.preview.jpg)
16.07.2002
After just passing Mercury, the robot spacecraft Mariner 10 looked back. The above picture is what it saw. Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is heavily cratered much like Earth's Moon.
![Меркурий Маринера](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/10/08/0001199869/mercury_mariner10.preview.jpg)
24.11.2001
Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, remains the most mysterious of the Solar System's inner planets. Hiding in the Sun's glare it is a difficult target for Earth bound observers.
![Вулканический рельеф на Меркурии](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/05/27/0001234895/mercurywest_messenger.preview.jpg)
27.05.2009
Why are many large craters on Mercury relatively smooth inside? Recent images from the robotic MESSENGER spacecraft that flew by Mercury last October show previously uncharted regions of Mercury that have large craters with an internal smoothness similar to the maria on Earth's own Moon.
![Замечательный кратер с лучами на Меркурии](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/11/05/0001231691/mercuryrays_messenger.preview.jpg)
3.11.2008
Why does Mercury have so many rayed craters? No one is sure. The robotic MESSENGER spacecraft that is taking unprecedented images as it swoops past the innermost planet has provided dramatic confirmation that Mercury has more rayed craters than Earth's Moon.
![Цветной Меркурий](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/03/19/0001226860/mercurycolor_messenger.preview.jpg)
19.03.2008
The colors of Mercury are subtle but beautiful. At first glance, our Solar System's innermost planet appears simply black and white, but images that include infrared colors normally beyond human vision accentuate a world of detail. One such image, shown above, was acquired by the robotic MESSENGER spacecraft that swung by Mercury in mid-January.
![Ударный бассейн Рембрандт на Меркурии](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/05/04/0001234606/rembrandt_messenger.preview.jpg)
4.05.2009
Why do portions of this huge crater on Mercury have so much iron? The unusual Rembrandt impact basin was discovered recently in images taken during the robotic MESSENGER spacecraft's 2008 October flyby of the Solar System's innermost planet.
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