Discovery Program: Animation Premieres on the Web

Animation Premieres on the Web

Wonder what MESSENGER will "see" as it flies past Earth, or as it zips past Venus and Mercury later in its historic flight? Check out the latest summer blockbusters on the MESSENGER Web site's animation page. The QuickTime movie files show views from MESSENGER, or from above Earth, Venus and Mercury as the spacecraft flies by and, eventually, settles into orbit around the innermost planet in 2011.Click here to see the page, or visit http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/movies.html