All Systems ‘Go’ for MESSENGER Launch to Mercury
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“MESSENGER — the first mission to Mercury in more than 30 years and the second voyage ever to the planet closest to the Sun — is being readied for its pre-dawn launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 2:16 a.m. Monday, August 1 local time, which is 11:16 p.m., tomorrow night Pacific Daylight Time. A Delta II launch vehicle will send the historic $426 million mission on its way.”
