Messenger to crash into the surface of Mercury today at 20:46

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Link 1: Messenger closes in on Mercury crash-landing - BBC News

 

...The impact will happen on the side of the planet facing away from Earth. This puts the craft out of contact, and means it will probably carry more than 1,000 unseen images to its final, explosive resting place...

 

These will never be seen as NASA say that it is better to collect more data than can be transmitted than be left with the possibility that more could have been done before the mission had to end.

 

Link 2: MESSENGER Web Site

 

Link 3: MESSENGER | NASA