[DOC] [TLE] MESSENGER - Wikipedia [PAR] MESSENGER was a NASA robotic spacecraft that orbited the planet Mercury 
between 2011 and 2015. The spacecraft was launched aboard a Delta II rocket in 
August 2004 to study ... In 1998, a study detailed a proposed mission to send an 
orbiting spacecraft to Mercury, as the planet .... Name (pos), Wavelength, 
Sensitivity. [DOC] [TLE] MESSENGER | NASA [PAR] Feb 19, 2016 ... Mission Overview. Launched: Aug. 3, 2004. Goal: Understanding Mercury, the 
smallest, densest and least-explored of the terrestrial planets. [DOC] [TLE] NASA Spacecraft Achieves Unprecedented Success Studying Mercury [PAR] Apr 16, 2015 ... ... spacecraft launched in 2004 to study Mercury will impact the planet's surface, 
... In the last 18 months of the MESSENGER mission, the spacecraft's altitude ..... 
The IAU selected the final five crater names, keeping with the... [DOC] [TLE] Missions to Venus and Mercury | The Planetary Society [PAR] As one of the first planets to be visited by spacecraft, Venus witnessed many 
failed ... planetary exploration mission since the Nozomi probe, which was 
launched in 1998 ... The mission was named after Giusepppe Colombo, a 
scientist, engineer, and ... MESSENGER (an acronym of MErcury Surface, Space 
ENvironment,... [DOC] [TLE] MESSENGER Mission to Mercury - Windows to the Universe [PAR] The MESSENGER spacecraft is scheduled to launch in 2004 and will begin its 
orbit ... A spacecraft named Cassini will study the planet Saturn for several years. [DOC] [TLE] Meet the Spacecraft Exploring the Solar System - Space.com [PAR] Jan 3, 2013 ... Wind: This NASA probe launched in November 1994 to study the solar ... 
Messenger: NASA's $446 million Messenger mission (short for ... 2004 and 
arrived in orbit around the solar system's innermost planet in March 2011. [DOC] [TLE] Mission to Mercury | Scholastic News Online | Scholastic.com [PAR] It is the first spacecraft ever to circle Mercury, the planet closest to the sun in our 
solar ... Messenger began orbiting Mercury on Thursday and will study the planet 
... TOP: Messenger was launched in 2004, starting a 4.9 billion mile journey that 
... The spacecraft's name stands for the aspects of Mercury that Messenger will... [DOC] [TLE] Cosmos4Kids.com: Exploration: Space Probes [PAR] Another series of probes named Pioneer made the trip to Saturn and Jupiter. ... 
The Galileo mission was the only one designed to orbit the planet and study its ... 
MESSENGER: Launched in 2004, this spacecraft reached Mercury in 2011. [DOC] [TLE] Missions to Mercury - Universe Today [PAR] MESSENGER is NASA's second mission to Mercury. It launched on August 3, 
2004 to study the planet. This time, the spacecraft will actually be going into orbit
... [DOC] [TLE] NASA launches spacecraft named Messenger to Mercury ... [PAR] Aug 4, 2004 ... NASA launches spacecraft named Messenger to Mercury ... 3, 2004, carrying the 
Messenger probe that will study the planet Mercury. ... The Messenger mission is 
part of NASA's bargain-focused Discovery program -- $427... [DOC] [TLE] Read More - Messenger - The Johns Hopkins University Applied ... [PAR] 5, MESSENGER reached an historic point 30.74 million miles (49.47 million ... 
Corner" of an upcoming issue of IEEE Antenna and Propagation Magazine. ... in 
2004, a spacecraft named MESSENGER is on a mission to study this planet.". [DOC] [TLE] Read More - Messenger - The Johns Hopkins University Applied ... [PAR] Today marks the second anniversary of MESSENGER's launch. ... C. Solomon, of 
the Carnegie Institution of Washington, who leads the mission as principal 
investigator. ... And just how far has the spacecraft traveled since its Aug. ... 3, 
2004, and after flybys of Earth, Venus and Mercury will start a yearlong study of 
its target... [DOC] [TLE] NASA launches spacecraft to Mercury - Technology & science ... [PAR] updated 8/3/2004 12:54:52 PM ET 2004-08-03T16:54:52. Print; Font: +; -. CAPE 
CANAVERAL, Fla.  A spacecraft named Messenger rocketed away Tuesday on 
a 5 billion-mile ... Scientists have been yearning to study Mercury up-close ever 
since Mariner ... Mariner 10 provided a

Question: Launched in 2004, a spacecraft named MESSENGER is on a mission to study this planet
Answer: Mercury