Launched
in 2004 arriving at mercury orbit in 2011
Flying 8 billion miles in space traversing the entire solar system
With
6 flybys of gravity assist to reduce
speed the limitum
Flying
on missions extended, planned to last just
a solitary year
the MESSENGER ,the great space passenger!
Achievements galore, records stumble in great endurance
Capturing complete portrait of the solar system a remembrance
Sending 2.7 lakh odd images with 29 trips round Sun in radiance
Finding water,organic matter,volcano activity in sheer brilliance
All on
mercury getting to be the first to orbit, map it in full, kudos!
Surviving
the infernally hot environs of more than 400 degree c’s
Enduring
the depleting fuel on board carrying on in
full size
Finding
out the mercury’s puzzling magnetic field in the skies
Rewriting
the thinking on solar , planet systems formations
All
in great style, great manouvres of great mission Scientists
Space
travelled, fuel exhausted it created a permanent mark
On the
mercury crashing, impacting, creating a crater in shock
Messenger real messenger of mercury’s mysteries lies a wreck
On the
surface diving to it’s death and silence in park
MESSENGER may be gone it’s memories linger solid as a rock!
-Mohan Sanjeevan
