MAN MADE OBJECTS ON MERCURY

Non-exhaustive list of artificial objects that have reached the surface of the planet Mercury.

The NASA deep space probe Messenger has orbited Mercury between 2011 and 2015. It was intentionally deorbited to impact the surface at the end of its mission in April 2015.

COSPAR IDname typemissionquantity on surfacemassstatusdate/epoch (UTC)
2004-030AMESSENGER (DISCOVERY 7)Mercury orbiterMESSENGER (DISCOVERY 7)scatteredEOM, impactApril 30, 2015