NASA’s MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft has ended its mission in a dramatic, but planned, event – crashing into the surface of the planet that it had been studying for over four years. “Going out with a bang” the spacecraft impacted with Mercury at nearly 9,000 mph, creating a new crater in the process to leave mark at the end of its lifetime.
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