A pair of spacecraft draw closer to Mercury after nearly decade-long voyage

The Manila Times 24 h Philippines

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Two Mercury-bound spacecraft left their mother ship behind on Thursday and headed down the home stretch of their nearly decade-long voyage to the solar system's smallest and closest-to-the-sun planet. The linked European and Japanese spacecraft separated as planned from their cruiser, but controllers had to wait two anxious hours to receive confi

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