The MESSENGER satellite left Earth in 2004 and began its orbit around Mercury on March 17, 2011. New images show areas of the planet's surface never seen at close range. Over the next year MESSENGER will map the entire surface of the planet and send back other valuable data.
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NASA has announced that it will extend the MESSENGER mission for an additional year of orbital operations at Mercury beyond the planned end of the primary mission on March 17, 2012. The MESSENGER probe became the first spacecraft to orbit the innermost planet on March 18, 2011. 
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