BepiColombo Captures Stunning Mercury Images During Close Gravity Assist Flyby
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has captured its first views of its destination planet Mercury as it swooped past in a close gravity assist flyby last…
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Hello Mercury! BepiColombo Spacecraft Captures Image During Gravity Assist Maneuver
The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission captured this view of Mercury on October 1, 2021, as the spacecraft flew past the planet for a gravity assist…
Mercury Ahead! Spacecraft Will Swoop by the Planet in Exciting Gravity Assist Maneuver
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury will make the first of six flybys of its destination planet on October 1, 2021, before entering orbit in…
First Images and Videos From the Double Venus Flyby
Two spacecraft made historic flybys of Venus this month, and both sent back sci-fi-type views of the mysterious, cloud-shrouded planet. The Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo…
Experience the Sights and Sounds of an Extraordinary Venus Flyby
ESA’s Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo spacecraft made a historic Venus flyby earlier this week, passing by the planet within 33 hours of each other and…
Double Venus Flyby! Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo Set To Make Space History
Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo are set to make space history with two Venus flybys just 33 hours apart on August 9 and 10, 2021. The…
Optical Observations of BepiColombo Spacecraft as a Proxy for a Potential Threatening Asteroid
BepiColombo is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) designed to study the planet Mercury. Launched…
BepiColombo Images Venus During Close Approach for Gravity Assist
The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission captured this view of Venus on October 15, 2020, as the spacecraft passed the planet for a gravity assist maneuver….
BepiColombo’s First Venus Flyby – Gravity Assist to Set the Spacecraft on Course for Mercury Orbit
The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission is getting ready to fly by Venus. It will make a close approach of the planet on October 15, 2020, at…
Eerie Outer Space: Listen to the Sounds of BepiColombo’s Earth Flyby
Listen to the sound of BepiColombo’s Earth flyby as captured in five recordings taken by two instruments aboard the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, one of the…
Top Five Mysteries About the Planet Mercury That BepiColombo Will Solve
Mercury is a desert world which scientists until recently considered quite uninteresting. NASA’s Mariner and MESSENGER missions, however, revealed that there is much more to…
See Last Stunning Snaps of Earth as Spacecraft Completes Flyby on Journey to Mercury
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission completed its first flyby on April 10, as the spacecraft came less than 12,700 km from Earth’s surface at 06:25 CEST,…
ESA Forced to Go Ahead With BepiColombo Gravity-Assist Flyby Despite Coronavirus Crisis
Controllers at ESA’s mission control center are preparing for a gravity-assist flyby of the European-Japanese Mercury explorer BepiColombo. The maneuver, which will see the mission…
The Mercury Planetary Orbiter, One Step Closer to Takeoff
The Mercury Planetary Orbiter is one step closer to its 2015 launch, completing a “bake-out” where the sides and top of the chamber were kept…