Ka taƙaita labarin:  Bayan shekaru hudu yana zagayawa kusa da duniyar da ta fi kusa da rana, jirgin sama na Messenger a wannan makon zai yi tsalle-tsalle zuwa Mercury. Amma binciken bai gama aikinsa ba tukuna, tare da sabbin abubuwa, cikakkun ra'ayoyi na duniyar da ke fitowa yayin da Manzo ya yi kusa da samansa. Yanzu NASA ta fitar da hoton da aka dauka ta hanyar binciken na gani da infrared Spectrometer (Virs) wanda ke nuna fasali daban-daban kamar ramuka na volcanic da sabbin kwararo-kwararo. NASA ta fitar da hoton da aka dauka ta hanyar Binciken Kayayyakin Kayayyaki da Infrared Spectrometer (Virs) don bayyana siffofi daban-daban kamar su volcanic vents da sabbin craters. Don haskaka abubuwan da ke tattare da ilimin lissafi, an rufe hotunan a kan mosaic baki da fari daga Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Don nuna abubuwan da ke tattare da ilimin lissafi, an rufe hotunan a kan mosaic baki da fari daga Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS). Wannan wata na'ura ce mai dauke da kyamarori masu fadi da kuma kunkuntar da ke zana taswirar yanayin kasa mai tsauri a saman Mercury. Ana sa ran jirgin zai yi karo da duniyar duniyar a 2.4 mil a kowace na biyu (3.9km / s). Taron zai gudana a ranar Alhamis 30 ga Afrilu da karfe 3:30 na yamma agogon Gabas (7.30pm GMT). Duk da haka, lokacin da ya aikata, Manzo zai kasance a baya Mercury, kuma boye daga Duniya. Shugaban aikin Mercury, Sean Solomon ya gaya wa Nature cewa, 'A cikin sa'o'i biyu da suka gabata, tabbas za a yi shiru sosai.' 'Za a yi zagaye na karshe lokacin da jirgin ya wuce bayan duniyar kuma ba za mu sake jin labarinsa ba. 'Na yi aiki a wannan manufa na shekara 19. Kamar rasa wani cikin iyali ne. Ko sanin abin da ya faru kafin ya faru ba ya shirya mutum gabaki ɗaya don wannan rashi.' Tsarin Hoto na Mercury Dual (MDIS) kayan aiki ne tare da kyamarori masu faɗi da kunkuntar da aka zana taswirar yanayin ƙasa a saman Mercury. An yi amfani da shi don taimakawa wajen samar da wadannan hotuna na Mercury. Ana sa ran jirgin zai yi karo da duniyar a ranar Alhamis 30 ga watan Afrilu bayan ya shafe shekaru hudu yana aikinsa. Daga cikin siffofin da Manzo ya bayyana ga masana kimiyya a cikin watan da ya gabata akwai alamu na musamman...
Ana sa ran Manzo zai sauka a saman Mercury a ranar 30 ga Afrilu. Jirgin ya kasance yana kewaye da Mercury tun 2011, yana daukar hotuna 250,000. Hotunan da aka dauka a baya-bayan nan sun nuna wasu abubuwa kamar su maɓuɓɓugan dutsen mai fitad da wuta da sabbin kwararo-kwararo.