Messenger Launched!

[mabfan]

The Messenger spacecraft to Mercury had a successful launch this morning at 2:15;56 AM EDT.

For more information and a cool picture: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/launch/index.php

I'll see you back here in March 2011...

Comments

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[running-girl4.livejournal.com]

Cool. Do you think it will make it there and back.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I think it will make it there, but I don't think it's supposed to come back. Like all planetary probes, it's just going to send us radio signals.