New details about planet Mercury, NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 29, to discuss new data and images from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.
NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft conducted fifteen laps through the inner solar system for more than six years before achieving the historic orbit insertion on March 18. New details about planet Mercury, nasa probe reveals mercury details, planet mercury facts, how deep is the lava on mercury,

Briefing participants are:

- Ed Graykzeck, MESSENGER program manager, NASA Headquarters, Washington
- James Head, III, professor of geological sciences, Brown University
- David Blewett, MESSENGER participating scientist and staff scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Laurel, Md.
- Patrick Peplowski, staff scientist, APL
- Thomas Zurbuchen, professor of space science and aerospace engineering, University of Michigan

Read more: spaceref