# MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER)

A 3D model from NASA/JPL/Eyes on the Solar System, [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/mercury-surface-space-environment-geochemistry-and-ranging-messenger/).

- Licence: [Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA)](https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/)
- Credit: NASA/JPL/Eyes on the Solar System
- Model (GLB): [https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/mercury-surface,-space-environment,-geochemistry,-and-ranging-(messenger)/MErcury%20Surface,%20Space%20ENvironment,%20GEochemistry,%20and%20Ranging%20(MESSENGER).glb?emrc=6ae3b8a60b43d](https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/mercury-surface,-space-environment,-geochemistry,-and-ranging-(messenger)/MErcury%20Surface,%20Space%20ENvironment,%20GEochemistry,%20and%20Ranging%20(MESSENGER).glb?emrc=6ae3b8a60b43d)
- Not offered in your room: its source does not state the model's scale, so it could not be shown at its true size.

The first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, MESSENGER followed a path through the inner solar system, including one flyby of Earth, two flybys of Venus, and three flybys of Mercury. Launched August 3, 2004, MESSENGER mission is scheduled to end April 30, 2015, with an impact into the planet Mercury.