BepiColombo is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to the planet Mercury. [4] The mission comprises two satellites …

BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. Launched on 20 October 2018, it is on a seven year journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System.

Jan 6, 2025 · BepiColombo is more than six years into its eight-year journey to planet Mercury. In total, it is using nine planetary flybys to help steer itself into orbit around the small rocky planet: …

Oct 20, 2018 · BepiColombo will be the second and most complex mission ever to orbit Mercury. Close to the Sun and more difficult for an orbiter to reach than Saturn, this small desert world …

Oct 20, 2018 · Name: BepiColombo Spacecraft: Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), and the Mercury Transport Module (MTM) Mission: To …

Sep 5, 2019 · BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. Launched on 20 October 2018, it is on a seven-year journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar …

BepiColombo - Exploring Mercury. Europe's first mission to Mercury. Welcome to ESA's website for the BepiColombo scientific community and the BepiColombo Science Ground Segment. …

BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. It will launch in October 2018 on a journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System. Arriving at Mercury in …

Sep 2, 2024 · An investigation found what ESA called “unexpected electric currents” between solar arrays on one part of BepiColombo, the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM), and a power …

Dec 19, 2024 · BepiColombo swooped past Mercury at a distance of 37,626 kilometers (about 23,400 miles) on Dec. 1. The most recent flyby isn't the spacecraft's closest encounter with …