[amsat-bb] On-line Coverage of Messenger Crash into Mercury Today

[ollie at ollietech.com]

Russians "soft" landed first in 1970 with Venera 7.
 
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera
 
--------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] On-line Coverage of Messenger Crash into Mercury Today
From: "John Geiger" <af5cc at fidmail.com>
Date: 4/30/15 11:10 am
To: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm at comcast.net>
Cc: "AMSAT BB" <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>

Cool, won't this be the first spacecraft to "land" on Mercury?
 
 73 John AF5CC
 
 On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 12:07 PM, JoAnne Maenpaa <k9jkm at comcast.net> wrote:
 
 > The MESSENGER spacecraft is expected to end its mission today with a
 > planned
 > crash into planet Mercury. Read more on-line at:
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > http://earthsky.org/space/six-cool-things-about-messengers-april-30-mercury-
 > crash
 >
 >
 >
 > Slooh will cover the event with a live show that begin at 3 p.m. EDT (19:00
 > UTC) on Thursday, April 30. Watch on-line at: http://main.slooh.com/
 >
 >
 >
 > --
 >
 > 73 de JoAnne K9JKM
 >
 > k9jkm at amsat.org
 >
 >
 >
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