Polygnotus is a crater on Mercury, named by the IAU in 1976, after ancient Greek painter Polygnotus. The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.
Exaggerated color image with Polygnotus near center
Distant oblique view showing Polygnotus at right and Motonobu at top center
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in aeronautics and spa
Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington, D.C.
A US Air Force Bell X-1 test flight
Launch of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency's Explorer 1, America's first satellite
Launch of Friendship 7, NASA's first crewed orbital flight, February 20, 1962