Mercury's MESSENGER Reveals Mysteries

4 minutes 45 seconds

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Explore what makes Mercury so mysterious and what scientists are learning from NASA's first Mercury mission in 30 years. For the MESSENGER mission, NASA launched a probe and guided it toward Mercury using a technique called "solar sailing." The probe is studying the make-up of the planet's inner core and surface and measuring its magnetic field.

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Runtime: 4 minutes 45 seconds

Topic: Science
Subtopic: Astronomy, Science Experiments, Space Sciences
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2011
Producer/Distributor: PBS Learning Media

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