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BepiColombo

@bepicolombo

Europe's mission to Mercury, in cooperation with Japan. Arriving 2026 at the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System.

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linkhttps://www.esa.int/BepiColombo calendar_today23-10-2012 23:06:29

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Mercury in motion... One of the #BepiColombo selfie-cameras captured Mercury today as the spacecraft rushed by the planet at almost 3 km per second. 🛰️💨 This time-lapse of unprocessed images was captured during 10:26-11:18 UTC today (11:26-12:18 CET), between 53700 and 48000 km

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Yesterday BepiColombo greeted Mercury from just 37628 km away, using MERTIS on Bepi to take the first ever space-based pictures of the planet in mid-infrared wavelengths. We'll reveal what Bepi saw in the coming week! 👇 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

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Last week, BepiColombo became the first spacecraft to image planet Mercury in mid-infrared light 🔥 Using MERTIS on Bepi, the mission will uncover what Mercury's surface is made of 👇 esa.int/Science_Explor…

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🛰️🌑We're gearing up for BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby, coming up this Wednesday! ℹ️Closest approach is 295 km at 06:59 CET We'll investigate Mercury's cold night side, north pole craters, and the vast northern plains 👇esa.int/Science_Explor…

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BepiColombo's sixth flyby of Mercury (this Wednesday) will be its last. But fear not! In 2026, the mission will enter into orbit around the little planet and stay for good 🤗 🖼️Alex Luktus

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BepiColombo is reaching its closest approach to Mercury now during its sixth encounter with the planet. It's 06:58:52 CET, and the spacecraft is 295km from the surface. #bepicolombo

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Here's an image taken 5.5 hours before closest approach, when #bepicolombo was 44950 km from Mercury's southern hemisphere. The planet is at the bottom of the picture, below two of the spacecraft's booms.

Here's an image taken 5.5 hours before closest approach, when #bepicolombo was 44950 km from Mercury's southern hemisphere. The planet is at the bottom of the picture, below two of the spacecraft's booms.
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Images and other scientific data from this morning's close approach to Mercury by #bepicolombo are safely on the ground! We'll be sharing images from the closest approach tomorrow.

Images and other scientific data from this morning's close approach to Mercury by #bepicolombo are safely on the ground! We'll be sharing images from the closest approach tomorrow.
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On 8 January, at 06:59 CET, Bepi, Mio and MTM got as close as 295 km to Mercury’s surface. This sixth flyby is the last time the #BepiColombo trio greet the planet together 👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…

On 8 January, at 06:59 CET, Bepi, Mio and MTM got as close as 295 km to Mercury’s surface. This sixth flyby is the last time the #BepiColombo trio greet the planet together 👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…