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The first spacecraft to visit Mercury was Mariner 10 in 1974 -> 1975

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What spacecraft that visited mercury was called?

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Did a spacecraft ever visited mercury?

Yes, but they have not landed.


Did the spacecraft that visited mercury send back an pictures?

yes


What spacecraft have visited mercury?

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.


What was the spacecraft that visited mercury from earth called?

The Mariner Ten and the Messenger


What living thing has visited Mercury?

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.


What spacecrafts visted Mercury?

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.


Has Nasa sent spacecraft to mercury?

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.


What spacecraft that visited the nine planet?

No spacecraft has visited all the planets.


What spacecraft will Pluto be visited by and when?

Pluto will be visited by the spacecraft New Horizon in 2015


Has a spacecraft ever visited mercury in 2012?

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.


Mercury was first visited by a spacecraft that was the tenth in the series called?

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.

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