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PIA18146: Mercury Orbit Insertion (Artist's Concept)
 Target Name:  Mercury
 Mission:  MESSENGER
 Spacecraft:  MESSENGER
 Product Size:  640 x 481 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Johns Hopkins University/APL
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA18146.tif (924.1 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA18146.jpg (32.17 kB)

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MESSENGER prepares to perform the Mercury orbit insertion burn in this animated artist's concept.

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Image Credit:
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

Image Addition Date:
2007-06-06