Jan 15, 2025 | Highlight, Space mission
Video of the final planetary flyby of Mercury by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft until it enters orbit around the planet in late 2026. The images were taken on 7 and 8 January 2025 by MCSE’s monitoring cameras on board the spacecraft. Featured on ESA website...
Jan 10, 2025 | Highlight, Space mission
MCAM-2 took this photo at 07:17 CET, when the spacecraft was about 2103 km from the planet’s surface. The spacecraft’s closest approach of 295 km took place on the planet’s night side at 06:59 CET. The second image is annotated. Text and credits: ESA The bright...
Jan 10, 2025 | Highlight, Space mission
MCAM-1 took this photo at 07:12 CET, when the spacecraft was about 1427 km from the planet’s surface. The spacecraft’s closest approach of 295 km took place on the planet’s night side at 06:59 CET. The image shows that large regions of Mercury’s heavily...
Jan 10, 2025 | Highlight, Space mission
M-CAM 1 took this long-exposure photograph of Mercury’s north pole at 07:07 CET, when the spacecraft was about 787 km from the planet’s surface. The spacecraft’s closest approach of 295 km took place on the planet’s night side at 06:59 CET. The second...
Jan 9, 2025 | Highlight, Space mission
On 8 January 2025, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flew past Mercury for the sixth time, successfully completing the final ‘gravity assist manoeuvre’ needed to steer it into orbit around the planet in late 2026. The spacecraft flew just a few hundred kilometres above...
Sep 16, 2024 | Highlight, Space mission
Video of the closest flyby of a planet ever, as the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft sped past Mercury during its latest encounter on 4 September 2024. The images are taken by MCSE’s monitoring cameras on board the spacecraft. Featured on ESA website...
Sep 6, 2024 | Highlight, Space mission
Image taken by MCSE’s monitoring camera on board BepiColombo mission during Mercury’s fourth flyby on 4 September 2024. This image is taken from a distance of 3459 kmkm from the planet’s surface. Source and credits: ESA Featured on ESA website...
Sep 5, 2024 | Highlight, Space mission
Image taken by MCSE’s monitoring camera on board BepiColombo mission during Mercury’s fourth flyby on 4 September 2024. This image is taken from a distance of 177 km from the planet’s surface. This makes it the closest image of Mercury that BepiColombo has...
Sep 5, 2024 | Highlight, Space mission
Image taken by MCSE’s monitoring camera on board BepiColombo mission during Mercury’s fourth flyby on 4 September 2024. This image is taken from a distance of 355 km from the planet’s surface. The surface of Mercury hosts many fascinating geological...
