NASA'S MESSENGER Spacecraft Begins Historic Orbit of Mercury

[thegreeensky]

that was awesome! congrats...

[d00d00dumb87]

Lets go to uranus

[askjiir]

Congratulations from Norway.

[redspider2005]

Actually, Messenger is the second spacecraft to reach Mercury three decades after Mariner 10, and now it becomes the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury. Mariner 10 mapped 45 percent of Mercury. Before entering orbit, Messenger mapped 98 percent of Mercury. Messenger will map both poles of Mercury to complete 100 percent mapping of Mercury soon. This year, Messenger will analyze the possible ice water on both poles and Mercury's magnetosphere. Messenger's one-year primary mission began on April 4.

[XTheXDevilzX]

@redspider2005 WOW corecting NASA

[Yourburntstar]

yeah too bad Nasa only releases black and white images.. and all you people actually think thats the color of the planet? ha. come on now people get with technology. not that hard to figure out. and FYI in this video, thats not even a real image of the planet, you can clearly tell its a bit-map "pretty much a image" projected onto a 3-D object. which is suppose to make it look real. but if you've made video games, like i have you'd know that.

still this is really really interesting.

[Ialwaysratezero]

@Yourburntstar You should be friendlier when you give out information to people, its a lot easier to get people to listen to you.

[spockmcqueen]

I hear of possible ice in the deep craters, has this been verified yet?

[sammysf415]

is this the first time a space craft obit mercury?

[ResiusOnline]

@sammysf415

No, there was Mariner 10 in the mid 70s.

This is the second spacecraft to orbit Mercury.

[UfoYes2]

Congratulations from Germany!

[TheBestArob]

I see a large S in that crater at 1:01

[snirlixcarlo]

@ewgeesjames Rebecca Black - Friday is not gonna be a history while nasa is in history. Rebbeca Black Friday sucks

[snirlixcarlo]

mercury looks like a moon

[bcta302]

@snirlixcarlo

You know? not every moon looks like Earth's moon!

What you mean is "Mercury looks like Earth's moon"

[snirlixcarlo]

@bcta302 i mean the color in the 0:42 , sorry

[ewgeesjames]

Historic event: 6000 views

Rebecca Black - Friday: 25millon

Humanity, you suck.

[Dorisequador]

@ewgeesjames First off what has Nasa given us except fake video's from hollywood or cartoon puictures of Mars and crap?

That tax payers money we give them they should make a incredable video of leaving earth going at incredable speeds 30,000 miles per hour rockets.. go by the moon then mars then into another galazy then back and show us a great video special then people would be glued to the TV now we got shit so who gives afuck about Nasa Let them close down . Who cares.

[XabiAlonsosCousin]

@Dorisequador Do you relaise that such a Voyage would take 50 Billion years? And thats just one way to the nearest galaxy (Andromeda) Thats a long time to be glued to the TV. Plus you mus add 2.2 Million years for each picture to be sent back.

"Let them close down. Who cares"

Yeah lets fall back from the brink of enlightenment to a couple of thousands years of ridiculous myth, susperstition and religious bollocks, great idea

[SuperStarlight777]

Another small step for man, small but significant. Well done Nasa team. You made history yet again!

[mphet26]

Congratulations from Russia! Hope on a good results from that mission

[armchairastronaut78]

F=ma. What a cool equation. Frickin' geniuses at NASA. Do you realise you've just sent a spaceship to another planet and inserted it on orbit around it? Wow!

[SuperStarlight777]

A defining moment in history! This is exciting. First ever orbit around Mercury. Looking forward to hearing their findings.

[vitormatiasjr]

Congratulations NASA!

[Swamoez0rs]

I'd just love to see these guys highfive each other like they've just won a basketball match :p

[macnutz]

Congrats. nice clapping, nice simulation but more information would be nicer. :)

[Iztok1967]

Cogratulations. Stil i think landing on Titan was more exciting :-)

[UFOHunterVlog]

DISCLOSURE NOW

[SaintofKillers66]

any images from the 'blank' area the last probes missed?

[NCHCITY]

Welcome to world of Mercury!

[mikedelgado8888]

amazing

[maxxasvideo]

that means there will be many edited pictures for you to see!

[hackneysaregreat]

Well done, guys.

That means there will be many very interesting pictures to arrive for us to study and admire...

[Saukko31]

Congratulations, NASA.

[mrstonedwolf]

did anybody esle see a S in the crater at 1:04 ? dose that mean its the south pole?

[acesonfire]

congratulations

[yes4me]

One step forward for mankind

[korzen321]

Historical moment :).

[malcriadopatinero]

needed music or some narration but truly an incredible space achievement.

[spacestevie2]

For all pictures from the previous flybys of Mercury by MESSENGER go to the APL website at:

messenger.jhuapl.edu

The site includes animations and all facts about the mission and the spacecrafts' previous encounters of not only Mercury, but of Venus and Earth. It had to fly by Earth, Venus and finally Mercury to gain speed in order to catch up to its target plant because it orbits the sun so fast.

[Nomoreidsleft]

@spacestevie2 Wow!! According to the web site this thing has traveled over 4.9 billion miles, in about 2418 days. If my calculations are correct, its average speed was 84,461 MPH! That's pretty fast.

[MrReneManuel]

@Nomoreidsleft A person involved with the project waited 34 years.

[docsoojon]

It looks really cool, but would like a bit clearer explanation of what we are seeing. I presume it's a simulation; would like to see some real photos. 

[Circle4]

@docsoojon Google search: NASA Messenger multimedia. The first site should be the NASA web site that contains everything.

[zzerrattull]

Congrats.!!!

[Viracocha711]

EXCELLENT!!!

[Elghast]

That's it, we've gone there, where no man has gone before