The AAAS website has posted the
Make a Mission interactive simulator to explore the planet Mercury. The objective of the mission is to
- Take pictures of Mercury's surface
- Measure the chemicals and elements that make up the planet's crust
- Search for magnetic regions of the crust
- Gather details about volcanoes and other tectonic features
- Measure gases in the atmosphere
- Measure energy and charged particles in the planet's magnetic field