Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination Two? (day 3)

Hey Space Bloggers!

Some of my closest friends and fellow Space Bloggers let me in on a bit of news; Yesterday’s limmer-iddle wasn’t much help!

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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination Two? (day 2)

Hey Space Bloggers!

For this, the

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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination Two? (day 1)

Hey Space Bloggers!

I’m so embarrassed! Day 1 is supposed to be picture day, but I can’t find a decent photo of Destination Two anywhere! Turns out, no Earth ship has ever gotten close enough to–Wait a minute, there’s a transmission coming in…What’s that?..Say again?…Really? Roger that, Houston!

Good news, Space Bloggers! NASA says–Hold on, there’s more…Huh?…Say what?…You’re sure about that?…Okay, then. Thanks, I guess.

Well, Space Bloggers, there’s some good news and some bad news. What do you want to hear first? Sure, listen up.

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Missing Mercury?

Hey Mercury, it’s been great! With your cliffs, your craters, your bleak black plains. Who could forget those frigid nights and scorching days? And that huge sun hanging about ten feet overhead like a giant yolk ready to burst at any second…well, maybe not so much great as, hmmm, memorable. But still, thanks for the hospitality. I’m sure we’ll miss you–some. And do share a few of your secrets with our friend, Messenger. Those nice NASA folks went to a LOT of trouble and fancy flying to get him to you.

As for you Space Bloggers, enjoy your last Mercurial weekend! Check the Messenger site for more pictures and mission updates. Find out what your fellow Space Bloggers have been saying

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More From Mercury

Hey Space Bloggers!

Messenger is going to stay in orbit around Mercury for an entire year. We don’t have that long, but we could hang around a couple more days, just to see what Messenger is up to. So far, it’s been taking some pretty detailed pictures with its very cool

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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination One? (Day 6) The location is…

MERCURY!

Congratulations to Bird of the Wind, Archimedes, and all you Space Bloggers who have figured out

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We interrupt this Game to bring you some Breaking News… The First Ever Picture from Orbit around Mercury!

Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

Space Bloggers, we are live from

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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination One? (Day 5)

Hey Space Bloggers!

Guess what. Remember that Nasa person who Skyped us on Day 3? The one who sent that spaceship from Earth out here.

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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination One? (day 4)

Hey Space Bloggers!

Let’s start the week with a recap. Here’s what we know about Destination One so far.

Day 1 (the 1st view)

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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination One? (day 3)

Pssst Space Bloggers!

Don’t look now, but we may not be alone out here at Destination One! I just spotted a strange looking vehicle with wings in orbit around–Hold on, I’m getting skyped… You say what?… You’re from where?… No kidding!

Space Bloggers, we’re in luck. Someone who calls herself ‘Nasa’ claims to have a picture of the spaceship. Can you see it on your screens?

Credit: NASA / JHUAPL / Carnegie Inst. of Wash.

Hmmm.

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