Question

7. The MESSENGER is the first spacecraft to enter Mercury's orbit.
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Answer 1

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The MESSENGER spacecraft, launched on August 3, 2004, will reach its final destination today, March 17, 2011. It will enter into orbit around Mercury to become the first-ever spacecraft to orbit the innermost world in our solar system

Answer 2

During its first flyby of Mercury in January 2008, MESSENGER became the second mission, after Mariner 10 in 1975, to reach Mercury. MESSENGER entered orbit around Mercury on March 18, 2011, becoming the first spacecraft to do so.