==== MESSENGER ====A second NASA mission to Mercury, named MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging), was launched on August 3, 2004, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket.
Mariner 10 naj bi še vedno obkrožal Sonce in se približal Merkurju vsakih nekaj mesecev.