BepiColombo has begun its Mercury arrival phase after successfully separating its Mercury Transfer Module on Sept. 3, the ...

The BepiColombo mission, by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is only the third to study our smallest planetary neighbor ...

Two Mercury-bound spacecraft are in the home stretch of their nearly decade-long voyage. The linked spacecraft — one European, the other Japanese — separated from their mother ship on Thursday.

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BepiColombo, a joint European-Japanese mission, completed its latest flyby of Mercury, sending back a sneak peek of the cratered planet it will begin to orbit in 2026. By Katrina Miller On Thursday, a ...

Following a difficult journey, the probe will soon begin unraveling the mysteries of Mercury’s magnetic field and internal structure. On September 3, ground control confirmed that the propulsion ...