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Picture shows first ever image obtained from a spacecraft in orbit about the Solar System's innermost planet. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington.
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First ever images of Mercury

By Duncan Mil

April 1, 2011 - NASA’s Messenger spacecraft has started its year-long mission orbiting Mercury six years after launch from Earth. The craft made 15 loops around the Sun and five planetary flybys to boost its speed by over 104,000km/h.

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PUBLISHED: 01/04/2011; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington.
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