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the first orbital image of mercury

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captured by the messenger spacecraft has

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been released the picture shows

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previously unseen terrain near the small

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rocky planet south pole

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the snapshot is part of the checkout

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phase conducted for the spacecraft

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that'll include taking around seventy

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five thousand images of mercury's

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surface

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full operations to study the planet's

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geology formation and history are

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scheduled to begin april fourth

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messenger became the first spacecraft in