BepiColombo Ready to Take off to Mercury
- Following a series of tests conducted in space over the past five months, the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its near-Earth commissioning phase.It is now ready for the operations that will take place during the cruise and, eventually, for its scientific investigations at Mercury.
BepiColombo
- BepiColombo started its seven-year long journey to the solar system’s innermost planet Mercury on 20 October 2018, lifting off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
- After completing the launch and early orbit phase on 22 October, an extensive series of in-orbit commissioning activities started.
- The mission comprises two science ....
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