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Scientists explain why BepiColombo’s mission to Mercury is so tricky

But, in fact, it’s actually really difficult to reach the innermost planet of our solar system—which makes it that much more impressive that the ESA and JAXA’s BepiColombo mission has almost reached ...
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Mercury mission flies by closest planet to the sun for the first time

Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system, was getting photographed Friday by a spacecraft. The BepiColombo mission made its first flyby of Mercury around 7:34 p.m. ET on Friday as it was ...
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A Mercury-bound probe just provided a spectacular sneak preview of its mission

The BepiColombo spacecraft snapped a photo of the newly named Vivaldi crater as it sped by Mercury on Sept. 4, 2024. A robotic orbiter just took its first closeup pictures of Mercury's poles, passing ...
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Seven-year mission to Mercury ready for ambitious launch

A seven-year, eight-million-kilometer voyage expected to shed light on the mysteries of Mercury, the solar system's least-understood planet, is nearly ready for takeoff. A seven-year, ...
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See the amazing images of Mercury captured by the BepiColombo mission

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s BepiColombo mission has made another flyby of Mercury, capturing fascinating images of this lesser-studied inner planet. On January 8, 2025, the spacecraft made its ...
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Mission control is trying 'restlessly' to save a spacecraft to Mercury

The BepiColombo spacecraft snaps rare close-up images of Mercury during a planned gravity-assist flyby in 2023. Credit: ESA / JAXA A complex mission to Mercury that began its epic space voyage six ...
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Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne: Two Different Missions that Shaped the Space Race (Part 2)

Part 2 explores the dramatically different approaches to the launch systems, and the surprising similarities in the factors ...
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After Successful Mission to Mercury, Spacecraft on a Crash Course with History

NASA’s MESSENGER mission to Mercury carrying an $8.7 million University of Colorado Boulder instrument is slated to run out of fuel and crash into the planet in the coming days after a wildly ...
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Mercury-Bound Mission’s Fate Is Uncertain Following Thruster Problem

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
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Europe’s Mercury mission swings into action

The European Space Agency (ESA) signalled the start of a busy period for the planet Mercury, when it signed the contract for industrial development to start for the BepiColombo mission today (18th ...
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Probe to hit Mercury in mission end

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