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OP Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 678,976 Los Angeles, USA	NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft aimed to orbit Mercury for the first time to hunt for clues of water on the tiny, innermost planet. Source: On this day in space! NASA launches MESSENGER spacecraft to orbit Mercury