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MESSENGER is on its way to Mercury and will arrive in 2011

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How many missions have been launched to mercury?

there were about 7 missions to mercury


What are the names of probes or missions that gather data on mercury?

There were 2: Mariner 10 and MESSENGER. Both are inactive now.


What were the first American space missions called?

The first American space missions were called Mercury missions. These missions aimed to put astronauts into space, gather data on human spaceflight, and pave the way for more ambitious missions. The Mercury program ran from 1960 to 1963.


How did the mercury missions land?

All of the Mercury missions ended (as did all missions prior to the Shuttle Program) via capsule splashdown and recovery by a Navy carrier in the Pacific Ocean.


Has anyone laded on the planet Mercury?

There have been no manned missions to Mercury.


Where there probes or missions to the planet mercury?

aliens


Does the planet Mercury have any valleys?

Mercury used to have river valleys, but now they are old and dried-up.


What are the important missions about Mercury?

Mercury has very little atmosphere to stop impacts and it is covered with craters.


Was there any spacecraft missions sent to mercury?

Yes there was a mission called U-N 98 to mercury in 1976. Two people were aboard and they had gotten close to mercury and bursted into flames. Both died, bodys never found.


Did the Apollo missions landed humans on Mercury?

No, the Apollo missions did not land humans on Mercury. The Apollo program was focused on landing humans on the Moon. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and has extreme temperatures that would make it very challenging for astronauts to land there.


Were there any NASA missions to mercury?

Mercury has only been explored by space probes, specifically Mariner 10 in 1973, and MESSENGER in 2004. Unrelated to the planet are the Mercury spy satellite program of the 1990s, and the 1959-1963 human spaceflight program Project Mercury.


The first seven astronauts were in missions named after what planets?

mercury