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.

The BepiColombo space mission made its first flyby of Mercury around 7:34 p.m. ET on Friday and passed within 124 miles (200 kilometers) of the planet’s surface. BepiColombo will collect science ...

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 flyby tonight (Oct. 1) will bring the spacecraft within just 124 miles (200 kilometers) of the surface of Mercury, the closest the probe will ever get to the planet during its mission.

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 ...

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.

ESA/BepiColombo/MTM “The main aim of the flyby was to reduce BepiColombo’s speed relative to the Sun, so that the spacecraft has an orbital period around the Sun of 88 days, ...

The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft, which has been studying Mercury since its launch in 2018, flew just 183 miles above the planet's night side during its final flyby of the planet. What ...

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.

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 ...