BepiColombo: A Mission to Mercury - DW (English)
7/8/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com)
by Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com)
Mercury is hard to reach. The BepiColombo probe is heading there on a long and circuitous route. It recently sent back some selfies. Can we see Mercury from here?
The sun's gravitational pull and heat make getting to Mercury very difficult. BepiColombo, a joint European-Japanese mission, is hoping to get closer than ever before. The spacecraft made a second fl… [+1406 chars]
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