The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system.

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The joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission made its latest passage of Mercury on Wednesday (Jan. 8) at 00: 59 EDT (0259 GMT). During the flyby ...

This image provided by European Space Agency shows close ... This was the sixth and final flyby of Mercury for the BepiColombo spacecraft since its launch in 2018. The maneuver put the spacecraft ...

The European Space Agency released the stunning ... This was the sixth and final flyby of Mercury for the BepiColombo spacecraft since its launch in 2018. The maneuver put the spacecraft on ...

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This image provided by European Space Agency shows close-up photos of Mercury's north pole taken by the European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo. (European Space Agency via AP) ...

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A joint effort of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the spacecraft has been circling its target world, Mercury, for a while now, getting in ...

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