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Only three probes have made it to Mercury so far, (UsefulNotes/{{NASA}}'s ''Mariner 10'' and ''MESSENGER'' in 1974 and 2008 respectively, and the joint UsefulNotes/{{ESA}}/UsefulNotes/{{JAXA}} venture ''[=BepiColumbo=]'' in 2021) — despite being close to Earth compared to the outer planets, it takes a lot of energy to cancel our home's orbital momentum and "fall in" towards the Sun.[[note]]The same reason that HurlItIntoTheSun is generally unrealistic.[[/note]] As a side note, features on Mercury are generally named after intellectuals — artist, painters, writers, and so forth.
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Only three probes have made it to Mercury so far, (UsefulNotes/{{NASA}}'s ''Mariner 10'' and ''MESSENGER'' in 1974 and 2008 respectively, and the joint UsefulNotes/{{ESA}}/UsefulNotes/{{JAXA}} venture ''[=BepiColumbo=]'' ''[=BepiColumbo=]'', which is conducting a number of flybys in 2021) preparation for Mercurian orbit insertion in 2025) — despite being close to Earth compared to the outer planets, it takes a lot of energy to cancel our home's orbital momentum and "fall in" towards the Sun.[[note]]The same reason that HurlItIntoTheSun is generally unrealistic.[[/note]] As a side note, features on Mercury are generally named after intellectuals — artist, painters, writers, and so forth.
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* ''[=BepiColumbo=]'' (UsefulNotes/{{ESA}}/UsefulNotes/{{JAXA}}, launched 2018, visiting 2021–2028)
now preparing for orbital insertion in 2025)
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Only three probes have made it to Mercury so far, (UsefulNotes/{{NASA}}'s Mariner 10 and MESSENGER in 1974 and 2008 respectively, and the joint UsefulNotes/{{ESA}}/UsefulNotes/{{JAXA}} venture ''[=BepiColumbo=]'' in 2021) — despite being close to Earth compared to the outer planets, it takes a lot of energy to cancel our home's orbital momentum and "fall in" towards the Sun.[[note]]The same reason that HurlItIntoTheSun is generally unrealistic.[[/note]] As a side note, features on Mercury are generally named after intellectuals — artist, painters, writers, and so forth.
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Only three probes have made it to Mercury so far, (UsefulNotes/{{NASA}}'s Mariner 10 ''Mariner 10'' and MESSENGER ''MESSENGER'' in 1974 and 2008 respectively, and the joint UsefulNotes/{{ESA}}/UsefulNotes/{{JAXA}} venture ''[=BepiColumbo=]'' in 2021) — despite being close to Earth compared to the outer planets, it takes a lot of energy to cancel our home's orbital momentum and "fall in" towards the Sun.[[note]]The same reason that HurlItIntoTheSun is generally unrealistic.[[/note]] As a side note, features on Mercury are generally named after intellectuals — artist, painters, writers, and so forth.
