http://www.metafilter.com/tags/APL Posts tagged with 'APL' at MetaFilter. Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:15:36 -0800 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:15:36 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/44678/Earth%2Dflyby%2Dvideo The <a href="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/">MESSENGER</a> spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral on August 3, 2004 and returned to Earth for its <a href="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/MESSENGERTimeline/TimeLine_content.html">first gravity boost</a> on the way to Mercury a year later on August 2, 2005. MESSENGER took hundreds of high-res digital photos during its <a href="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/flyby/index.html">Earth flyby</a> and they've been sequenced into an amazing <a href="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/images/flyby_images/mdis_depart.mpeg">movie</a> of Earth rotating over 24 hours as the spacecraft swung past at thousands of miles per hour. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.44678 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:15:36 -0800 APL earth flyby Mercury MESSENGER video driveler