Real World: Mercury’s MESSENGER Reveals Mysteries
How long is a day on Mercury? Why does the planet have a 600 degree range in temperature? MESSENGER, NASA's first mission to Mercury in 30 years, has captured stunning imagery helping to determine the composition of the surface and measure Mercury's unusual magnetic field.
Background Information
Grades 6 through 8
- Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory MESSENGER Website
- NASA MESSENGER Mission to Mercury
- NASA MESSENGER Mission to Mercury Multimedia
- NASA Science MESSENGER
Activities
Grades 6 through 8
- Johns Hopkins University MESSENGER Mosaic Postcards from Mercury
- Montana State University Exploring Exploring
- Montana State University Look But Don't Touch - Exploration with Remote Sensing
- Montana State University Mission: Possible -- How Can We Plan an Exploration of Another World?
Mathematics
Grades 6 through 8
- National Institute of Aerospace; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center MESSENGER Explores the Planet Mercury