Mercury

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The inner planets closest to the Sun, from Mercury through Mars, are rocky worlds.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

“The proposal maintains one distinctly Black-influence district while dispersing Black voters among other districts,” Phillip Thompson, executive director of the National Black Nonpartisan Redistricting Organization, wrote for the Virginia Mercury in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Then, in February, the administration formalized the rollback of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, in effect making the exemptions permanent.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

A gold microphone used by Mercury during a 1982 Top of the Pops performance made £151,200.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

But have you heard of the Mercury 13?

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson