BepiColombo is named after Giuseppe "Bepi" Colombo (1920–1984), a scientist, mathematician and engineer at the University of Padua, Italy, who first proposed the interplanetary gravity assist …

Feb 26, 2025 · BepiColombo is a joint European-Japanese mission to Mercury to study the planet's composition, geophysics, atmosphere, magnetosphere, and history. The European Space Agency …

Oct 20, 2018 · BepiColombo will be the second and most complex mission ever to orbit Mercury. Close to the Sun and more difficult for an orbiter to reach than Saturn, this small desert world is the least …

BepiColombo is composed of three separate spacecraft that blasted off from Earth together. The mission will study water ice at Mercury’s poles and the planet’s abnormally large core.

Sep 3, 2024 · The BepiColombo spacecraft is set to make a close pass to Mercury, shown here in an artist’s conception, on 4 September. Researchers will use the encounter to test instruments and …

Nov 27, 2025 · The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has been cruising towards Mercury since 2018, but will finally enter its orbit in November 2026.

6 days ago · Watch the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flyby the closest planet to the sun in this set of images captured. It was the 3rd flyby of Mercury for the spacecraft. The music used in the video "was ...

Oct 20, 2018 · BepiColombo comprises two science orbiters: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter. They will travel together to Mercury, attached to the Mercury …

Europe's first mission to Mercury – BepiColombo, which is named after Italian professor Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo – began in October 2018 on a journey to the solar system’s smallest and least-explored …

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