The long-anticipated BepiColombo mission is entering its decisive phase. Launched in 2018, this joint endeavor between the ...

The BepiColombo mission has been on its way to Mercury since 2018 and will finally start orbiting the planet and taking X-ray ...

British-built spacecraft BepiColombo is just hours away from making its first flyby of Mercury, when it will snap pictures of the Solar System's smallest planet as it passes within 124 miles of its ...

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The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft is set for a Mercury flyby late on Wednesday (Sept. 4), but thruster issues mean the probe faces a lengthy delay before entering orbit around the ...

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