The first spacecraft to visit Mercury was Mariner 10 in 1974 -> 1975
Mariner 10 and Messenger have visited Mercury. BepiColombo by the ESA is planned to be launched in 2013. Mariner 10 provider the first close up photos of the planet. Messenger is "filling" in the gaps not accomplished by Mariner.
As of 2021, only two spacecraft have visited Mercury: Mariner 10, which flew by three times in the 1970s, and MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging), which orbited the planet from 2011 to 2015. The European Space Agency's BepiColombo mission is currently en route to Mercury as well.
Yes, NASA has sent two spacecraft to Mercury: Mariner 10 in the 1970s and Messenger in the 2000s. Messenger was the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury and provided valuable information about the planet's geology, magnetic field, and thin atmosphere.
Pluto will be visited by the spacecraft New Horizon in 2015
The two spacecraft that have been sent to study Mercury are Mariner 10 and MESSENGER. Mariner 10 was the first to fly by Mercury in the 1970s, providing the first close-up images of the planet. MESSENGER, launched in 2004, became the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, conducting extensive studies of its surface and environment from 2011 until its mission concluded in 2015.
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Yes, but they have not landed.
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Mariner 10 and Messenger have visited Mercury. BepiColombo by the ESA is planned to be launched in 2013. Mariner 10 provider the first close up photos of the planet. Messenger is "filling" in the gaps not accomplished by Mariner.
The Mariner Ten and the Messenger
All spacecraft (from Earth) that have visited Mercury have been robotic. There were no human passengers. The chances are near zero that a stowaway microbe would have survived the long journey.
As of 2021, only two spacecraft have visited Mercury: Mariner 10, which flew by three times in the 1970s, and MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging), which orbited the planet from 2011 to 2015. The European Space Agency's BepiColombo mission is currently en route to Mercury as well.
Yes, NASA has sent two spacecraft to Mercury: Mariner 10 in the 1970s and Messenger in the 2000s. Messenger was the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury and provided valuable information about the planet's geology, magnetic field, and thin atmosphere.
No spacecraft has visited all the planets.
Pluto will be visited by the spacecraft New Horizon in 2015
A spacecraft visited in 2011, not 2012. There is currently one spacecraft in orbit around Mercury. NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) probe.It was launched on August 3, 2004 and entered orbit on March 18, 2011. NASA has announced that it will extend the mission longer in the harsh environments of Mercury.For more information check the MESSENGER wikipedia article.
The first spacecraft to visit Mercury was Mariner 10, part of the Mariner program by NASA. It launched in 1973 and made three flybys of Mercury in 1974 and 1975, capturing close-up images of the planet.