BepiColombo
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BepiColombo is a joint mission of the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to the planet Mercury. The mission comprises two orbiters: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, built a
The BepiColombo spacecraft stack on 5 July 2017. From bottom to top: MTM, MPO, and Mio. Solar arrays are stowed, and MOSIF is not shown.
Venus during the 15 October 2020 flyby
Mercury on 5 September 2024 during the 4th gravity assist at the planet
Mercury's north pole on 8 January 2026 during the 6th and final gravity assist at the planet
Mercury (planet)
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Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System. It is a rocky planet with a trace atmosphere and a surface gravity slightly lower than that of Mars. The surface of Mercu
BepiColombo
…BepiColombo is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to the planet Mercury. The mission comprises two orbiters: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), built and operated by ESA, and Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, MMO…
Mercury in true color (by MESSENGER in 2008).
MASCS spectrum scan of Mercury's surface by MESSENGER
Enhanced-color image of craters Munch (left), Sander (center), and Poe (right) amid volcanic plains (orange) near Caloris Basin
Perspective view of Caloris Basin – high (red); low (blue)