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

[jmfranke at cox.net]

I thought Venera 7 landed on Venus.

John  WA4WDL
---- ollie at ollietech.com wrote: 
> 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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