The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back some incredibly detailed images of Mercury’s north pole. The snapshots were ...
The probe, equipped with Swiss instruments, has completed the last milestone before entering Mercury's orbit. This content ...
This is the third time a spacecraft has visited Mercury in the history of space exploration. BepiColombo’s three monitoring ...
The close-up images reveal craters, the floors of which are in permanent shadow, and vast sunlit northern plains.
Europe's first spacecraft to be sen to Mercury, BepiColombo, ended its slingshot maneuvers and took its last photos of the ...
The spacecraft first flew over the planet's cold and dark night side before transitioning to the sunlit northern regions.
The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury’s night side before ...
The BepiColombo spacecraft is due to start orbiting Mercury next year, but a recent flyby has captured breathtaking images of ...