Uploaded April 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Planets, a suite with seven movements, was written by the English composer Gustav Holst between 1914 and 1916. Each movement of the suite is meant to represent a different planet: This one, the third movement, is meant to represent the planet Mercury.

Much of the video footage for this piece is taken from NASA's mission to Mercury - interestingly, named Messenger

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Music: Mercury, the Winged Messenger from The Planets by Gustav Holst. Original file available here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holst_The_Planets_Mercury.ogg

This recording was produced by the US Air Force Band and as such is in the public domain, and is ineligible for copyright protection.

Some footage courtesy of NASAe.