Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The BepiColombo spacecraft snapped a photo of the newly named Vivaldi crater as it sped by Mercury on Sept. 4, 2024. A robotic ...

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Ground teams cannot restore the spacecraft's full thrust, forcing it to take a different trajectory on its way to the innermost planet. Reading time 3 minutes The European Space Agency (ESA) is having ...

A spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes passed closer to Mercury than originally planned overnight after thruster problems delayed the mission to study the little-known, sun-scorched planet ...

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. By Katrina Miller On Thursday, a ...

Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury hosts water ice at its poles. Now scientists may know how it got there.

The BepiColombo Mercury probe is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The probe is intended to study Mercury's magnetic field, ...

One of the most ambitious missions currently underway is BepiColombo, a European-Japanese probe heading to Mercury. BepiColombo launched in October 2018. Over the past seven years, it has completed ...

The BepiColombo spacecraft snapped a photo of the newly named Vivaldi crater as it sped by Mercury on Sept. 4, 2024. Credit: ESA / JAXA / BepiColombo / MTM A robotic orbiter just took its first ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The BepiColombo Mercury probe flew close to our solar system's innermost planet this week, ...