Planetfall: An artists rendering showing the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (Messenger) spacecraft around Mercury. The spacecraft will crash into the planet at the end of the month. Photo: Nasa
After more than four years of orbiting Mercury, Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft is about to end its mission with a bang.
After more than 4,100 orbits around the closest planet to the Sun, the satellite will crash into Mercury’s crater-pocked surface on April 30.
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