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Journey to Mercury Heats Up

The Messenger spacecraft, to be launched next week, will be blasted by up to 700-degree heat as it orbits Mercury, the tiny planet closest to the sun -- so close that it would be as though 11 suns were beating down on Earth.

http://www.wired.com/news/space/0,26...tml?tw=rss.TEK

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