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

BepiColombo now flies on a slimmer stack made of two orbiters and a sunshield. The change marks the end of the mission's long cruise and the start of its months‑long arrival phase as it closes in on ...

BepiColombo Mercury arrival entered its critical phase September 3 as ESA's Mercury Transfer Module separated from the two science orbiters, ending eight years of ion propulsion after a 2024 power ...

The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission captured this view of Mercury on 1 October 2021 as the spacecraft flew past the planet for a gravity assist manoeuvre. The image was taken at 23:44:12 ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The BepiColombo Mercury probe flew close to our solar system's innermost planet this week, capturing another haunting image as it ...

BepiColombo Mercury orbit insertion arrives November 21, 2026 -- a single autonomous burn that ESA cannot correct in real time. With an 11-minute one-way signal delay, ground controllers will wait in ...

ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo mission is close to reaching the end of its 8+ year journey to Mercury.