2809 20160701171711.0 ASTROimport-966 Groenewegen, M. A. T. 2011 Results from the Herschel Key Program MESS MESS (Mass loss of Evolved StarS) is a Herschel Guaranteed Time Key Program that will image about 100, and do spectroscopy of about 50, post-main-sequence objects of all flavours: AGB stars, post-AGB stars, planetary nebulae, luminous blue variables, Wolf-Rayet stars, and supernova remnants. In this review the implementation and current status of MESS is outlined, and first results are presented. Waelkens, C. Barlow, M. J. Kerschbaum, F. Garcia-Lario, P. Cernicharo, J. Blommaert, J. A. D. L. Bouwman, J. Cohen, M. Cox, N. Decin, L. Exter, K. Gear, W. K. Gomez, H. L. Hargrave, P. C. Henning, T. Hutsemékers, D. Ivison, R. J. Jorissen, A. Krause, O. Ladjal, D. Leeks, S. J. Lim, T. L. Matsuura, M. Nazé, Y. Olofsson, G. Ottensamer, R. Polehampton, E. Posch, T. Rauw, G. Royer, P. Sibthorpe, B. Swinyard, B. M. Ueta, T. Vamvatira-Nakou, C. Vandenbussche, B. van de Steene, G. C. van Eck, S. van Hoof, P. A. M. van Winckel, H. Verdugo, E. Wesson, R. Why Galaxies Care about AGB Stars II: Shining Examples and Common Inhabitants 445 2011 567 http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2011ASPC..445..567G published in NONREF