December 21, 2007 Case Geophysicist Selected for MESSENGER
Mission Prof. Steven Hauck was recently selected to join NASA's
MESSENGER Mission to Mercury as a Participating Scientist. NASA
recently selected 23 scientists to join the MESSENGER Mission to
Mercury which has its first flyby of the planet on January 14,
2008. MESSENGER, which stands for MErcury Surface, Space
ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, was launched in August
2004 and will be the first spacecraft to flyby Mercury in almost
33 years when it comes within 200 kilometers of the surface in
January. The spacecraft will have two more flybys of the planet
and will be the first probe to orbit Mercury in March 2011.
Prof. Hauck joins the mission's existing group of scientists and
engineers that will analyze flyby and future orbital data. For
more information see http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/statu
s_report_11_16_07.html for an article on the selected
Participating Scientists. To find out more, follow this link for
an article published in Ca