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NASA’s MESSENGER mission, launched on 3 August, 2004 is the seventh mission in the Discovery series. MESSENGER encounters the planet Mercury four times, culminating with an insertion into orbit on 18 March 2011. It carries a comprehensive package of geophysical, geological, geochemical, and space environment experiments to complete the complex investigations of this solar-system end member begun with Mariner 10. The articles in this book, written by the experts in each area of the MESSENGER mission, describe the mission, spacecraft, scientific objectives, and payload. The book is of interest to all potential users of the data returned by the MESSENGER mission, to those studying the nature of Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, and by all those interested in the design and implementation of planetary exploration missions.

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Author:   D.L. Domingue ,  D.L. Domingue ,  C.T. Russell ,  C.T. Russell
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2007
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.949kg
ISBN:  

9781493939282

ISBN 10:   1493939289
Pages:   623
Publication Date:   23 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

MESSENGER Mission Overview.- The Geology of Mercury: The View Prior to the MESSENGER Mission.- MESSENGER and the Chemistry of Mercury’s Surface.- The Geophysics of Mercury: Current Status and Anticipated Insights from the MESSENGER Mission.- MESSENGER: Exploring Mercury’s Magnetosphere.- Mercury’s Atmosphere: A Surface-Bounded Exosphere.- The MESSENGER Spacecraft.- MESSENGER Mission Design and Navigation.- The Mercury Dual Imaging System on the MESSENGER Spacecraft.- The MESSENGER Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer.- The X-ray Spectrometer on the MESSENGER Spacecraft.- The Magnetometer Instrument on MESSENGER.- The Mercury Laser Altimeter Instrument for the MESSENGER Mission.- The Mercury Atmospheric and Surface Composition Spectrometer for the MESSENGER Mission.- The Energetic Particle and Plasma Spectrometer Instrument on the MESSENGER Spacecraft.- The Radio Frequency Subsystem and Radio Science on the MESSENGER Mission.- Launch and Early Operation of the MESSENGER Mission.- The MESSENGER Science Operations Center.- The MESSENGER Science Operations Center.

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