Mercury MESSENGER spacecraft detector

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LLNL physicist Morgan Burks describes the gold-plated detector developed by LLNL and placed aboard NASA's Mercury MESSENGER spacecraft, designed to provide information about the elements and minerals found on the planet closest to the Sun. More at: www.llnl.gov

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mercury, messenger, llnl, lawrence livermore, gamma, ray, spectrometer, spectrometry, NASA, spacecraft, germanium

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