Mercury Fly-by
January 16, 2008 Current Events No CommentsNASA’s Messenger probe flew by Mercury yesterday snapping up pictures and other info for researchers to learn more about the closest planet to the sun. The probe took three and a half years to cross the 48 million mile span between Earth and Mercury, and will make two more fly-by passes at the planet.
If you could get into a spaceship and travel to any planet, which one would you want to go to?
It a pretty long trip, what would you take a long to occupy your time on the way there?
What would want to learn while you were there?
What would you do if there were creatures living on the planet?
