The BepiColombo spacecraft is to make a closer-than-planned flyby of Mercury this week, whizzing past the planet at ...

The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft is set for a Mercury flyby late on Wednesday (Sept. 4), but thruster issues mean the probe faces a lengthy delay before entering orbit around the ...

This was the sixth and final flyby of Mercury for the BepiColombo spacecraft since its launch in 2018. The manoeuvre put the spacecraft on course to enter orbit around Mercury late next year.

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This image accompanied the report, “The Evolution of Mercury’s Crust: A Global Perspective from MESSENGER,” by B. Denevi and colleagues appearing in the May 1, 2009, issue of Science ...

In its January 2008 flyby, MESSENGER imaged 21% of Mercury's surface that had never before been observed by a spacecraft. Moreover, in areas previously imaged by Mariner 10, different lighting ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles ...