Introduction:
Its path involved a complex series of flybys – the spacecraft flew by Earth once, Venus twice, and Mercury itself three times, allowing it to decelerate relative to Mercury using minimal fuel.
MESSENGER was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field.
During its first flyby of Mercury in January 2008, MESSENGER became the second mission, after Mariner 10 in 1975, to reach Mercury.
Founded in 2004, Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what's going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them. Facebook is defined by our unique culture – one that rewards impact. We encourage people to be bold and solve the problems they care most about. We work in small teams and move fast to develop new products, constantly iterating. The phrase "this journey is 1% finished," reminds us that we've only begun to fulfill our mission to bring the world closer together. For a full listings of our jobs, visit www.facebook.com/careers *Thank you for visiting our page. We welcome conversation and reserve the right to remove any comments that constitute harassment, hate speech, abuse, libel, or spam.
Key Facts:
- Parent Company Launch date: February 4, 2004; 16 years ago (2004-02-04) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Product Launch: 2004
- Founder: Mark Zuckerberg Eduardo Saverin Andrew McCollum Dustin Moskovitz Chris Hughes
- Estimated Monthly Visitors: over-1b
- Telephone number:
- Domain name: facebook.com
- Owner: Facebook, Inc.
- Company Type: Public
- Country of operation: Worldwide (except blocked countries)