NASA’s spacecraft Messenger just crashed into Mercury, and it sent two last tweets before self-destructing:
Messenger has been orbiting Mercury since 2011, and on Thursday it ran out of fuel and met its end. Other well-wishers have taken to Twitter to bid farewell to Messenger too:
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