Mercury Probes
Spacecraft | Organization | Date | Type | Status | Notes | Image | Ref | |
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Mariner 10 | NASA | 29 March 1974 | flyby | success | minimum distance 704 km | |||
21 September 1974 | 48,069 km | |||||||
16 March 1975 | 327 km | |||||||
MESSENGER | NASA | 14 January 2008 | flyby | success | minimum distance 200 km | |||
6 October 2008 | minimum distance 200 km | |||||||
29 September 2009 | minimum distance 200 km | |||||||
18 March 2011 – March 2013 |
orbiter | success | ||||||
BepiColombo | ESA/ JAXA |
2015 | ||||||
Mercury Planetary Orbiter |
ESA | orbiter | under construction | |||||
Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter |
JAXA | orbiter | under construction |
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