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First time ever photo taken from a NASA spacecraft of rocky planet Mercury. Article: NASA Spacecraft Snaps 1st Photo of Mercury from OrbitSPACE.com StaffDate: 29 March 2011 Time: 05:01 PM ET OrbitSPACE.com

Just to add a link to see the photos of Mercury: http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/First-photos-Mercuryorbit/ss/events/sc/033011mercury#photoViewer=/110330/photos_ts_afp/68cdc2ba8f3f16a3929216213cbebef4 My students love these...6th graders.

Thanks for sharing these with us! I had shown my students an article about MESSENGER having successfully entered Mercury's atmosphere- and they were really impressed. I will update them on the new data already coming back to us! It is wonderful to have this forum to find up-to-date materials and ideas to use these teachable moments!

If your really interested check out the Messenger Site it as a wealth of information on the mission and spacecraft. The education section also has some good videos to go along with the mission. Great STEM material.

Diane