The Messenger spacecraft crashed on the planet Mercury. This brought an end to a 11-year space mission.
The probe of NASA hit crashed on the planet with nearly 14,000 kilometers per hour. According to calculations by the US space agency probe hit a crater 14 meters in diameter.
The crash was the inevitable end of probe. During his mission turned the once around Mercury Messenger 4104 and made more than 277,000 photos.
“We are celebrating the smashing end of a successful mission,” said NASA chief John Grunsfeld. “The Messenger has yielded a wealth of new data about Mercury Now begins the second phase of the mission. Analyze any new information.”
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