Not sure who has been there before Messenger. The Amateur-DSN guys in Europe are copying it. Status of the Deep Space Network and what is being communicated with is displayed at:
http://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html
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73 de JoAnne K9JKM
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From: John Geiger [mailto:af5cc@fidmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 12:11 PM To: JoAnne Maenpaa Cc: AMSAT BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] On-line Coverage of Messenger Crash into Mercury Today
Cool, won't this be the first spacecraft to "land" on Mercury?
73 John AF5CC
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 12:07 PM, JoAnne Maenpaa k9jkm@comcast.net wrote:
The MESSENGER spacecraft is expected to end its mission today with a planned crash into planet Mercury. Read more on-line at:
http://earthsky.org/space/six-cool-things-about-messengers-april-30-mercury- crash
Slooh will cover the event with a live show that begin at 3 p.m. EDT (19:00 UTC) on Thursday, April 30. Watch on-line at: http://main.slooh.com/
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73 de JoAnne K9JKM
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