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Real World: Mission to Mercury

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Find out about NASA's innovative spacecraft that was launched to explore Mercury. Learn about gravity assist and see what scientists have already learned from the preliminary flybys, including evidence of volcanism and plate tectonics.

Published on: June 22, 2009

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NASA; Mercury; Messenger; gravity assist; tectonics; volcanism; technology; heat shields; spacecraft, orbital insertion, NASA eClips, NIA, RealWorld Mathematics, Middle School, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, STEM, Education, Video, Eric Fin

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Mathematics

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