MESSENGER Spacecraft at Mercury (IMAGE) University of Colorado at Boulder Caption An artists rendition of NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, which will make its first flyby of Mercury in 2008. Credit NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.