BepiColombo just imaged Mercury in a whole new light — mid-infrared light, to be precise. On the spacecraft's fifth flyby of Mercury earlier this month (out of a planned six flybys) BepiColombo ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft snapped a photo of the newly named Vivaldi crater as it sped by Mercury on Sept. 4, 2024. Credit: ESA / JAXA / BepiColombo / MTM A robotic orbiter just took its first ...

This was the sixth and final flyby of Mercury for the BepiColombo spacecraft since its launch in 2018. The maneuver put the spacecraft on course to enter orbit around Mercury late next year.

The European Space Agency’s BepiColombo spacecraft recently made a close flyby of Mercury, and it snapped some stunning pictures along the way. Launched in 2018 along with Japanese space agency ...

On Mercury's northern hemisphere, the cratered surface has been smoothed in many places by lava. Credit: ESA / BepiColombo / MTM The Nathair Facula, the aftermath of Mercury's largest volcanic ...

However, the BepiColombo mission — a joint mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the European Space Agency — is currently en route to Mercury, with its arrival ...

The spacecraft offered a clear view of Mercury's south pole while completing its fourth of six flybys. ESA / BepiColombo / MTM A joint European-Japanese spacecraft has made its closest flyby of ...

European Space Agency BepiColombo is on a mission to uncover the mysteries of Mercury BepiColombo will attempt to determine what Mercury is actually made of, and whether water could exist in some ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft, built by Astrium, now Airbus, has completed six flyby missions of Mercury since it was launched on October 20, 2018. It has successfully completed the final ‘gravity ...