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Pricey planetary probes could fall under budget ax

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1103/17flagship/

Grand robotic missions to Mars, Jupiter and beyond are the embodiment of planetary scientists' most audacious dreams, but it's up to researchers to make their case in Washington, where a bogged-down budget process threatens to kill any future NASA flagship solar system exploration probe.

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Craft successfully becomes first Mercury orbiter

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1103/18messenger/

After a six-and-a-half-year voyage from Earth, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft performed a crucial 15-minute rocket firing Thursday evening to brake into orbit around hellish Mercury, becoming the first probe to take up residence around the solar system's innermost world. The burn, which began at 8:54 and concluded at 9:09 p.m. EDT, went according t...

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MESSENGER in right place for science observations

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1103/23messenger/

Nearing the end of its first week at Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is in good health, in the right orbit and almost ready to snap its first pictures of the solar system's innermost planet since it slipped into orbit last Thursday.

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