Watch the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flyby the closest planet to the sun in this set of images captured. It was the 3rd ...

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Until we visit Mercury and bring back material, it will be extremely difficult to assess a meteorite-planet link. The ...

Now, the ESA and JAXA’s BepiColombo is giving us new glimpses of the first planet in our solar system. Three new images captured this week showcase the little planet in amazing detail.

Now BepiColombo is heading back into the solar system before aiming to arrive in orbit around Mercury in November 2026. Then the spacecraft’s main camera will be unshielded and it will take ...

The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft headed to Mercury can be seen flying low above the atmosphere of Venus in a new video released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on Thursday (Aug. 12).

BepiColombo’s chemical thrusters will stabilize the orbit gradually and, after traveling 5.5 billion miles (8.9 billion km), the mission will at last be underway.

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BepiColombo, which is made up of two science orbiters from the European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, will make its first flyby of Mercury at 00:34 BST on Saturday.

The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission is on its way to Mercury, but instead of coasting to the smallest planet in the Solar System, it will be helped along by four state-of-the-art ion thrusters ...

BepiColombo launch and separation timeline. ESA. At that time it will make a "gravity-assist" flyby—using the Earth's gravity to swing itself inwards towards Venus. There will also be a gravity ...