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18 th March 2011

NASA's Messenger spacecraft, launched in 2004, is currently in orbit around Mercury, gathering valuable data about its surface and space environment. The mission aims to uncover the mysteries of this closest planet to the sun. The spacecraft has already made multiple passes of Mercury and will continue to study it for the next year. This groundbreaking mission provides valuable insights into the planet's composition, geology, and magnetic field.

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18 th March 2011

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  1. 18th March 2011 NASA’s Messenger is in orbit around Mercury Mic Porter

  2. Events 1834 – Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, who "combined" to form a Trade Union for agricultural workers (a (?) “Friendly Society”), Dorset, are sentenced to be transportation to Australia for seven years. 800,000 from a population c24 million sign the opposing petition - say 1.8 million from today's population c 61,000,000. 1850 – American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo. [Two years later, following a trade dispute about shipping to California, they also form Wells Fargo. Mic Porter

  3. Events 1893 – Former Governor General of Canada, Lord Stanley, donates a silver challenge cup, for the best hockey team in Canada! 1915 – Ill-conceived navel battle in support of the landings at Gallipoli, 3 of “our” battleships sunk. 1967 – The 120,000 ton supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast due to a navigational error; the Master tried to take a shortcut, with out proper charts to Milford Haven. Clean-up technology is in its infancy, detergent and bombing among the approaches tried but the ship still leaks oil. Mic Porter

  4. Events 2003 – British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language. Mic Porter

  5. Ins… 1858 – Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the “compression ignition” engine of that name (d. 1913, ? Homicide, ? Suicide , ? fell overboard) 1869 – Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. “Peace for our time” (d. 1940) 1893 – WW1 Soldier & Poet Wilfred Owen(d. 1918) 1939 – Kenny Lynch, British entertainer 1947 – B.J. Wilson, drummer “one of the best” played with Procol Harum, joining after “Whiter Shade of Pale” (d. 1990) 1949 – Alex Higgins, snooker player (d. 2010) Mic Porter

  6. Ins… 1951 – Ben Cohen, American ice cream maker with Jerry Greenfield and Grateful Dead fan. Since 2000 Ben & Jerry’s has been a Unilever brand with out Ben 1964 – Courtney Pine, jazz saxophonist Died, 1745 – Sir Robert Walpole, PM (b. 1676) Mic Porter

  7. Sichels – four generation of wine merchants ..then Allan – father of Peter (+2), father of Ben (+5) -born in 1900, in Hampstead, where he lived until his death in 1965. Takes over Sichel & Company, merchants, Bordeaux but does not live there. “…since as a young man, he drank claret for breakfast ‘to see what it had to say to me’ he always lived for and by wine.” Peter Sichel in his forward to The Penguin Book of Wines (2nd Edition (1971) Revised by Peter of the original written by Allan (1965)) Mic Porter

  8. Ben Sichel (L,Claret top) Château TrillolBalnc 2009 Château d’Angludet 2004 Château d’Angludet 2000 Château d’Angludet 1995 Château d’Angludet 1989 Château d’Angludet 1983 The Society's’ Exhibition Sauternes 2007 Peter (Allan’s son) purchased the run down estate of Château d’Angludet (Médoc, Bordeaux) in 1961 with Benjamin taking over wine making in 1989. 32 Ha of a sandy-gravelly terroir on which are grown (at 6666 vine per Ha) Cabernet Sauvignon (55%), Merlot (35%) and Petit Verot (10%).

  9. The International Exhibition Co-operative Wine Society Ltd. For the 1874 Great Exhibition, various countries sent large quantities of wine in cask to be stored in the cellars of the Royal Albert Hall where, to quote from a history: ‘it entirely escaped notice from the visitors’. At the behest of the British Government Major-General Henry Scott, one of the architects of the Albert Hall, along with R. Brudenell Carter, a distinguished ophthalmic surgeon and George Scrivenor, a senior official of the Board of Customs, held a series of lunches to publicized the wines. Many of their guests expressed an interest in purchasing wine, and the “co-operative company” was established on 4th August 1874. Mic Porter

  10. ....back to Messenger NASA retruns to Mercury (Mariner 10 flew past – 29/03/1974. NASA image ) Messenger : [Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging] Launched Aug. 3, 2004 @ 2:15:56:537 EDT, from Cape Canaveral . It looped a dozen times around the inner solar system, passing Earth once, Venus twice and Mercury thrice before orbiting it! Mic Porter

  11. The “Extreme Machine” Timescales are large – approval for programme in July 1999, Launched July 2004, arrival in orbit 17(US) 18(UK) March. Time for comminutactions 1 hour approx, each way. But as Mercury orbits the sun Messenger will be, for 4 times over the next year, be behind the sun preventing all communication . Orbits Mercury every 12 hours. Photograph of the launch – source NASA Mic Porter

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