The European and Japanese mission BepiColombo has made its first flyby of Mercury, capturing images of the planet it will eventually be exploring in more depth. In order to get close to the planet, ...

(CNN) — Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system, is all set for a rendezvous with a spacecraft. The BepiColombo mission will make its first flyby of Mercury around 7:34 p.m. ET on Friday and ...

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The joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) BepiColombo mission to Mercury was launched in 2018 and is currently in orbit around the sun at a similar distance to Earth. But ...

Mercury-bound: the BepiColombo Laser Altimeter. (Courtesy: University of Bern/Ramon Lehmann) The laser altimeter for Europe’s first mission to Mercury has been fitted to the Mercury Planetary Orbiter ...

BepiColombo has completed its first attempt on a flyby on the first planet of the Solar System, Mercury, and has seen a close look at its environment. The mission was in collaboration with the ...

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