NASA Messenger

Galileo, Astronomer and Scientist

NASA:  Lenox Laser fabricated High Power Ceramic Apertures for spatial filtering aboard NASA's Messenger Mission.

High Power Ceramic Apertures
 

March 21, 2003 View of Messenger Assembly
Source: http://www.messenger.jhuapl.

> Johns Hopkins University:  Report on Messenger Mission

Source: JHU-APL Messenger Website
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