On Sunday (Dec. 1), BepiColombo made its fifth of six flybys of Mercury. On this most recent rendezvous, the probe was 200 times farther from the planet than on its previous flyby, which saw it come ...
The spacecraft has been flying by Earth, Venus and Mercury since 2020, use the planets' gravity to help put it on the right course to enter Mercury's orbit. BepiColombo made its first Earth and ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The BepiColombo Mercury probe flew close to our solar system's innermost planet this week, ...