The BepiColombo mission, a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), successfully completed its fourth gravity assist flyby of ...

Fortunately, these flybys are proving invaluable to science. During a June 2023 flyby of Mercury, BepiColombo encountered several characteristics of the planet's magnetic field.

BepiColombo made its sixth and final flyby of Mercury on Wed (Jan. 8) capturing images of the tiny planet hinting at the mysteries it will soon investigate. Skip to main content.

BepiColombo’s closest view of Mercury. Credit: ESA. BepiColombo launched in October 2018 as a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ...

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.

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made its third of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury. ... Imagery From BepiColombo’s Third Mercury Flyby by SpaceRef June 21, 2023 July 15, 2024.

Image source: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM. This latest flyby and capture of Mercury images come just before the spacecraft enters the next part of its journey.

BepiColombo made a close flyby of Mercury on Sept. 4, getting just 103 miles (165 kilometers) above the planet.

BepiColombo is set to enter the orbit of Mercury in 2025, but in the meantime, it will be making several flybys of the planet, including a close approach today.

In a Mercury flyby on Sept. 4, 2024, the BepiColombo spacecraft gets closeup views of peak ring basins, such as the one within the Stoddart crater in this image. Credit: ESA / JAXA / BepiColombo / MTM ...

During a June 2023 flyby of Mercury, BepiColombo encountered several characteristics of the planet's magnetic field. This field forms a protective magnetic bubble around Mercury and guards the ...

After this, BepiColombo will make its final two flybys of Mercury on Dec. 1 and Jan. 8, 2025, respectively. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!