CU-Boulder scientists ready for MESSENGER Mission flyby of Mercury

NASA will point a power-packed $8.7 million University of Colorado at Boulder space instrument at some of the last unexplored terrain in the inner solar system when the MESSENGER spacecraft whips within 125 miles of Mercury's surface Jan. 14 at a mind-boggling 141,000 miles per hour.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news119198585.html">CU-Boulder scientists ready for MESSENGER Mission flyby of Mercury</a></p> <p>NASA will point a power-packed $8.7 million University of Colorado at Boulder space instrument at some of the last unexplored terrain in the inner solar system when the MESSENGER spacecraft whips within 125 miles of Mercury's surface Jan. 14 at a mind-boggling 141,000 miles per hour.</p>