NASA spacecraft Messenger crashed into Mercury

Q.  Name the NASA’s spacecraft that ended a four-year mission to Mercury by crashing into Mercury after running out of fuel?
- Published on 13 May 15

a. Messenger
b. Progress 59
c. Columbia
d. Mercury Craft

ANSWER: Messenger
 
Its demise was confirmed by flight controllers when it failed to emerge from the far sight. Messenger was launched in 2004 and was only expected to orbit Mercury for a year.

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