Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 17, 2011 - NASA's MESSENGER mission, launched in 2004, is slated to slide into Mercury's orbit March 17 after a harrowing 4.7 billion mile journey that involved 15 loops around the sun and will bring relief and renewed excitement to the University of Colorado Boulder team that designed and a built an $8.7 million instrument onboard. "In 2004, this milestone seemed like it was a long, long way away,"
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