Mercury Explorers

The and orbital spacecraft that revealed the innermost planet.

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Mercury Explorers

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No imageAtlas-CentaurHigh-energy two-stage launch vehicleRetiredAtlas-Centaur carried 3 orbital-observatory missions in this archive expansion.

No imageMariner 10 spacecraftRobotic venus gravity assist and mercury flybys spacecraftFlownMariner 10 spacecraft was the JPL-built robotic explorer assigned to Mariner 10.

No imageMESSENGER spacecraftMercury flyby and orbital spacecraftFlownMESSENGER spacecraft launched at 2,443 pounds (1,107.

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Contextual image from BepiColombo; it documents a canonically related mission, not the exact Ariane 5 ECA record.

Ariane 5 ECAOrbital and interplanetary launch vehicleRetiredAriane 5 ECA, built by ArianeGroup, launched BepiColombo onto its inner-planet trajectory.

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Contextual image from BepiColombo; it documents a canonically related mission, not the exact BepiColombo composite spacecraft record.

BepiColombo composite spacecraftTwin Mercury orbiters and transfer moduleIn developmentBepiColombo composite spacecraft launched at 9,040 pounds (4,100 kilograms) at launch and operated under European Space Agency and JAXA.

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Contextual image from MESSENGER; it documents a canonically related mission, not the exact Delta II 7925H record.

Delta II 7925HOrbital and interplanetary launch vehicleRetiredDelta II 7925H, built by Boeing, launched MESSENGER onto its inner-planet trajectory.

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