However, it is included in the program of flight of the spacecraft. As a result, on the surface of the smallest planet of the solar system appeared crater with a diameter of 15 meters. “Messenger” has stayed in space for 10 years. The flight to Mercury, he once rounded the Earth and Venus twice. In orbit, the closest planet to the Sun, he left four years ago.
It was originally planned that the “Messenger” worked there for 1 year, but NASA specialists have extended the stay apparatus in orbit. The probe “Messenger” sent to the ground more than 250 thousand images, including photographs of the surface of Mercury.
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