Сегодня Мессенджер втыкается в Меркурий:
NASA wrote:On April 30th, this region of Mercury's surface will have a new crater! Traveling at 3.91 kilometers per second (over 8,700 miles per hour), the MESSENGER spacecraft will collide with Mercury's surface, creating a crater estimated to be 16 meters (52 feet) in diameter.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/overv ... on-mercury
Unfortunately, there's no way to view the incident, since the crash will take place on the side of the planet facing away from us. Still, unless you're likely to get a telling off from your boss, pour a cold one out to the little space probe that could at 3:30pm.
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