Ka taƙaita labarin:  Ya shafe shekaru hudu yana zagayawa kusa da duniyar da ta fi kusa da rana, amma duk da yunkurin da aka yi na tsawaita rayuwar jirgin sama na Manzo, a hankali yana tafiya zuwa saman Mercury da aka ƙone. Duk da haka yayin da aikinsa ya kusa zuwa ƙarshe, makonni na ƙarshe na jirgin saman Manzon NASA suna bayyana duniyar a cikin cikakkun bayanai. Manzo a halin yanzu yana da nisan mil 18 (29.1km) sama da Mercury bayan da injiniyoyin NASA suka yi amfani da man fetur na karshe a wani yunƙuri na ƙarshe don tura jirgin sama sama zuwa sararin samaniya bayan ya sauka zuwa mil tara (15km) daga farfajiyar. Daga cikin hotunan da Manzo ya aiko yayin da aikinsa ya kusa karewa akwai wannan hoton dutsen mai tsawon kilomita 2 da ya ratsa cikin ramin Carnegie. Ana zaton sun kafa kamar yadda Mercury ya sanyaya kuma ya ƙulla. Jirgin sararin samaniya, duk da haka, ana sa ran zai yi karo da duniyar duniyar a ranar 30 ga Afrilu. Amma yayin da manzon ya sauka kusa da farfajiyar Mercury, yana aikawa da wasu daga cikin hotuna mafi kyau da aka taɓa samu na ƙaramar duniya a cikin tsarin hasken rana. Masu bincike sun gano asirin 'ɓoyayyen' launi na Mercury. Sun ce tsananin ƙurar carbon daga abubuwan da ke wucewa sun yi launin Mercury baki a hankali a cikin biliyoyin shekaru. Ya warware asirin launin Mercury wanda ba a saba gani ba - wanda ya rikitar da masana kimiyya. A matsakaici, Mercury ya fi duhu fiye da maƙwabcinsa mafi kusa, watanninmu. An san cewa jikin da ba shi da iska ya yi duhu ta hanyar tasirin micrometeorite da harin iska na hasken rana, matakai da ke haifar da wani bakin ciki na baƙin ƙarfe nanoparticles a farfajiyar. Amma bayanan bakan daga Mercury ya nuna cewa farfajiyarta tana dauke da ƙarfe kaɗan na nanophase, tabbas bai isa ya ba da lissafin bayyanarsa ba. Yayin da taurari masu tauraro suka kusanci Mercury kusa da rana, sau da yawa sukan fara rabuwa. Fatar tauraron dan adam ta ƙunshi kashi 25 cikin ɗari na carbon bisa nauyi, saboda haka Mercury za ta fuskanci harbi na carbon daga waɗannan tauraron dan adam da ke rushewa. Masana kimiyya sun yi lissafin cewa bayan biliyoyin shekaru na harin, Mercury surface...
Ana sa ran Manzo zai yi karo da duniyar Mercury a ranar 30 ga watan Afrilu. Jirgin sararin samaniya yana kewaye da Mercury tun 2011, yana ɗaukar hotuna 250,000. Yayin da yake sauka kasa sai ya dawo da hotuna na farfajiyar da cikakkun bayanai. Injiniyoyi sun yi kokarin tsawaita aikin ta hanyar amfani da sauran man fetur dinsa.