00:00On this day in space. On April 30th, 2015, NASA's MESSENGER mission came to an end when the
00:07spacecraft intentionally crashed into the surface of Mercury. MESSENGER was the first spacecraft to
00:12orbit Mercury and the second spacecraft to study it up close after NASA's Mariner 10 flew by the
00:17planet in the 1970s. MESSENGER spent four years orbiting Mercury. During that time,
00:23it mapped the surface of Mercury in unprecedented detail. The mission discovered water ice and
00:28organic compounds around Mercury's North Pole. It also found that Mercury has a weird offset
00:33magnetic field that doesn't line up with its axis of rotation. The mission was only supposed to last
00:39one year, but NASA extended it twice so it could continue making its groundbreaking observations
00:44of Mercury. It eventually ran out of fuel, so NASA intentionally crashed it into Mercury,
00:49where it created a new crater. And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:58that was the opportunity to see it.
01:00While the spacecraft decided to be, it was just a degree, but NASA did not get the
01:01technology but NASA did not get the technology. It was very important as it was
01:05the planet 75th-year-old. It is a great idea that the spacecraft did not
01:07spurred it.
01:07The spacecraft didn't mean that it was perfect for one year, and that it had a
01:09lot of viscosity in the year. This one is a long-time-time-time-time- tonight.
01:10The spacecraft didn't really work, but it was good for us.
01:11But it was time to make a lot of pollution in the wind, but it is a huge
01:12narrative. I like to see it here, because it was actually an interesting
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