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Andrew R. Brown

Zoom close to Mercury’s surface via MESSENGER spacecraft

You've got to see the movie made by the MESSENGER spacecraft in June 2014, when it began a series of close passes to the sun's innermost planet, Mercury.

Andrew R. Brown

August 4, 2014

Super-close views of Mercury

The MESSENGER spacecraft is now dropping closer to Mercury, and long anticipated, super-close views of the planet are beginning to come in.

Andrew R. Brown

July 29, 2014

Pluto-bound New Horizons update

New Horizons - en route to Pluto - is currently out of hibernation for a series of engineering and navigation checks, which will continue until the end of August 2014.

Andrew R. Brown

July 28, 2014

Andrew R. Brown

Andrew R. Brown, an avid follower of the space program, writes frequently about space topics for EarthSky. Over several years, he has also suggested observations that were carried out by imaging teams of some space missions. He has lives in Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom and works for local government, Kent County Council.