NASA
16th June 2011, 06:21
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-messenger-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=37606)15 Jun 2011 - MESSENGER Adjusts Its Orbit around Mercury
The MESSENGER spacecraft successfully completed its first orbit-correction maneuver today to reset its periapsis altitude -- the lowest point of MESSENGER's orbit about Mercury relative to the planet's surface -- from 506 km to approximately 200 km.
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The MESSENGER spacecraft successfully completed its first orbit-correction maneuver today to reset its periapsis altitude -- the lowest point of MESSENGER's orbit about Mercury relative to the planet's surface -- from 506 km to approximately 200 km.
More... (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=37606)