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Kill The Messenger: NASA Orbiter Crashes Into Mercury

Bill Chappell

Messenger was launched from Earth in 2004. After 4,104 orbits of Mercury and billions of miles of space travel, the orbiter ended its mission with a quiet bang Thursday.