OTD in Space – April 30: MESSENGER Spacecraft Crashes into Mercury

On15, NASA's MESSENGER mission came to an end when the spacecraft intentionally crashed into the surface of Mercury. [‘On ...
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Mercury in Retrogade? 2026 Space Mission Will Unveil Whether The Planet Should Exist

A European-Japanese space mission will reach Mercury in 2026, carrying instruments designed to answer a question that has quietly unsettled planetary science for decades: how does a planet like this ...
The Spokesman-Review

'The Clock Has Started:' Alan Shepard and the Mercury missions

Those were the words Alan Shepard used 60 years ago Wednesday to note his cockpit timepiece had begun running. This meant his Redstone rocket booster had left the ground sending him and his one-man ...
Space.com

Mercury makes an elusive appearance with the bright star Regulus on Sept. 2

Mercury will be close to Regulus embedded among the stars of the constellation Leo. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...
SpaceNews

Proteus Space Launches First AI Designed Spacecraft, Sets Multiple Records

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CA – November 28, 2025 – Proteus Space announced the successful launch and first contact of MERCURY ONE, its inaugural four-payload ESPA class spacecraft. MERCURY ONE ...
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T-Minus One Year Until the Most Complex Mission to Mercury Reaches Its Target

Despite being relatively close to us, planet Mercury is one of the least studied places in this solar system. At first, our species ignored it because the conditions there, so close to the Sun, are ...
EurekAlert!

Universal plasma wave phenomena revealed: Mercury’s BepiColombo Mio and Earth’s GEOTAIL show shared wave frequency properties across planetary magnetospheres

Right: Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter Mio of the BepiColombo mission; Left: Earth’s GEOTAIL satellite. The illustration highlights comparative studies of planetary magnetospheres. An international ...