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MESSENGER2011

  1. If you were a MESSENGER scientist, what would you want to know about Mercury that we haven't asked yet? 9:31 AM May 22nd via Twitter for Android
  2. @DarkGengar Thank you. 11:16 AM May 9th via web in reply to DarkGengar
  3. I'm so excited.. My sci tm is meeting right now in Vancouver, B.C. I now have a Deputy PI. Way to go Larry! bit.ly/LezqL2 11:04 AM May 9th via web
  4. Did you know I've taken over 100,000 images? messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/deta… 10:59 AM May 9th via web
  5. This is a cool color image of the crater Kuiper, bit.ly/ImabUa 9:19 AM May 2nd via web
  6. I'm kind of liking this new orbit. I'm a little closer to the planet & only takes me 8 hrs to orbit instead of 12. 9:15 AM May 2nd via web
  7. @porchdragon Maybe in my next life. 10:32 AM Apr 25th via web in reply to porchdragon
  8. Red crater. Blue crater. One crater. Two crater. Guess who has a crater named after him. planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov 9:38 AM Apr 25th via web
  9. @porchdragon Why did the spacecraft cross the road? a) 2 get 2 otheride b) it was following chkn c) lithobraking d) it was just flying by 7:50 AM Apr 23rd via web in reply to porchdragon
  10. V is for Victoria (Rupes). Check out the neat scarp/long cliff created when Mercury's crust shrank & core cooled.http://bit.ly/I0nqKf 7:31 AM Apr 23rd via web
  11. Well, my trip aroun Mercury has gotten shorter. I've gone from ~12 hrs down to 8. Read more: bit.ly/JrlZJP 7:26 AM Apr 23rd via web
  12. My friends in the Wash DC area got to see #Discovery fly over. How cool. 12:09 PM Apr 17th via web
  13. My science team has been on a lyrics kick this week: "Put on the Red Light" bit.ly/HghYb9 10:59 AM Apr 4th via web
  14. Pssst. Did you know that some of my images will be on The Big Bang Theory tomorrow night? I'm so excited. Oh & so is Stephen Hawking. 10:56 AM Apr 4th via web
  15. If you are an educator and attending NSTA, be on the look out for a few sessions highlighting my mission. #NSTA12 6:57 AM Mar 28th via web
  16. Check out the MESSENGER app for your iPad: bit.ly/GWFvYT 6:46 AM Mar 28th via web
  17. @skormos This is an Earth year. 9:19 AM Mar 21st via web in reply to skormos
  18. @RaptureGlory I will be making a *very* hard landing. It has been coined lithobraking. 9:19 AM Mar 21st via web in reply to RaptureGlory
  19. There will be a MESSENGER press conf #LPSC2012 @12:30CDT (1:30EDT) ~latest findings livestream.com/lpsc2012. Supp material bit.ly/GEwuqW 9:10 AM Mar 21st via web
  • Name MESSENGER
  • Location In Mercury orbit.
  • Web http://messenger....
  • Bio I am a NASA Discovery Mission to Mercury. First spacecraft to orbit Mercury.
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