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Peaking into the Shadows

Peaking into the Shadows. This image from NASA MESSENGER spacecraft features Laxness, a crater on Mercury northern plains named for Halldör Laxness, a twentieth-century Icelandic writer.

MESSENGER Team Presents Latest Science Results

This mosaic was assembled using NAC images acquired as the MESSENGER spacecraft approached the planet during the mission second Mercury flyby The Rembrandt impact basin is seen at the center of the mosaic.

The Horses of Han Kan

Situated high in Mercury southern hemisphere, NASA MESSENGER sees Han Kan, a 50-km-diameter impact crater with a well preserved central peak and a smooth floor that is likely solidified impact melt.

Colors Reveal What Lies Beneath

On Mercury, NASA MESSENGER shows the smooth floor of Titian is a brighter orange color than the surrounding area, likely due to being filled with volcanic material. Ejecta from Titian appears blue.

A Rough-and tumble-World

NASA Mariner 10 shows a close-up view of craters Vyasa and Stravinsky on Mercury. Stravinsky is a smooth-floored crater partially seen overlying the rim of the larger, rougher crater Vyasa in the center and left.

Mercury 7 Preparations

62-MA7-86 (1962) --- John Glenn (left) makes last minute preparations with Scott Carpenter prior to the flight of MA-7. Photo credit: NASA

Astronaut Alan Shepard onboard helicopter after recovery of Mercury capsule

S88-31383 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) pilot, jokes with doctors while in-flight between the U.S. Navy Carrier Champlain and the Grand Bahama Islands. Shepard is the first American in space with the successful comp…

Astronaut Grissom dons spacesuit for Mercury-Redstone 4 mission

S88-55875 (19 July 1961) --- Donning a spacesuit for the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission, astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom chats with spaceflight equipment specialist Joe W. Schmitt in the personal equipment room of Hangar S at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Sho…

Snowmen on Mercury?

Best Determination of MESSENGER Impact Location

Best Determination of MESSENGER Impact Location

Mercury Project

Dr. von Braun addresses a crowd celebrating in front of the Madison County Alabama Courthouse following the successful launch of Astronaut Alan Shepard (America's first astronaut in space) into space on a Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, Freedom 7. Shepard's …

Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by Mercury 13 Astr

Visit to Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field by Mercury 13 Astronaut Trainee, Wally Funk

Carpenter - Hand Held Camera - MA7 - MSC

S62-03248 (24 May 1962) --- Earth and sky views taken with hand-held camera by astronaut M. Scott Carpenter during Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission. Photo credit: NASA

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Ablation Test of Mercury Capsule

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Ablation Test of Mercury Capsule

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The U.S. flag waves proudly in front of a replica of a Mercury-Redstone rocket at Complex 5/6 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. A celebration was held at the launch site of the first U.S. manned spaceflight May 5, 1961…

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Bob Moser, former chief test conductor for the Mercury-Redstone launches, tours the blockhouse at Complex 5/6 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The celebration was held at the launch site of the first U.S. manned space…

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter participates in a celebration at Complex 5/6 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The celebration was held at the launch site of the first U.S. manned spaceflight May 5, 1961, to mark the…

Up Close and Personal

This image from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft shows targeted observations are images of a small area on Mercury's surface at resolutions much higher than the 200-meter/pixel morphology base map.

One of the Last

This image, acquired yesterday, is one of NASA MESSENGER last. Today, April 30, 2015, the spacecraft will complete its highly successful orbital mission and impact the surface of Mercury.

Mercury preflight image

JSC2013-E-076221 (15 May 1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. waited inside the transfer van for several minutes and then leaving the transfer van walked to the elevator which took him to the spacecraft "Faith 7" atop the Atlas vehicle for his mission. (6…

MERCURY CAPSULE - WATER EGRESS TRAINING

S61-03256 (13 Sept. 1961) --- Recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of the Mercury-Atlas 4 (MA-4) mission. Notice the extended antenna on top of the capsule. Photo credit: NASA

Mercury MESSENGER Stamp Unveiling

United States Postal Service Vice President of Finance Steve Masse, left, and NASA Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter, unveil two USPS stamps to commemorate and celebrate 50 years of US Spaceflight and the MESSENGER program during an event, Wednesday, May 4, 2…

Mercury MESSENGER Stamp Unveiling

Patty Carpenter, wife of NASA Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter, left, Daughters of NASA astronaut Alan Shepard, Laura Shepard Churchley, and, Alice Wackermann, right, sing the National Anthem during an unveiling ceremony of two USPS stamps that commemorate a…