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BepiColombo began its Mercury arrival phase after separating its transfer module
BepiColombo has begun its Mercury arrival phase after successfully separating its Mercury Transfer Module on Sept. 3, the ...
Nothing like the controlled disassembly of BepiColombo has ever been attempted in such a harsh environment as the region of space near Mercury. Separation of the Mercury Transfer Module occurred 39 ...
Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, announced today that NASA’s MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft has successfully achieved the first-ever orbit ...
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Eight years into the journey, BepiColombo split itself apart to reach Mercury
Eight years and 9.9 billion kilometers after launch, the European Space Agency’s Mercury Transfer Module cut itself loose ...
This week the European Space Agency posted a slightly ominous note regarding its BepiColombo spacecraft, which consists of two orbiters bound for Mercury. The online news release cited a “glitch” with ...
Following a difficult journey, the probe will soon begin unraveling the mysteries of Mercury’s magnetic field and internal structure. On September 3, ground control confirmed that the propulsion ...
The mission team is hoping BepiColombo can make it to its next gravity assist so that it can arrive at the planet in 2025. Reading time 2 minutes For more than five years, a pair of spacecraft have ...
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is gearing up for its next close flyby of Mercury on 19 June, when it will pass the planet's surface at an altitude of about 236 km. This is the third of six gravity ...
Elsa Montagnon is an expert in interplanetary spacecraft operations. She has engineering degrees from the Ecole Centrale Paris and Technical University of Munich. She joined ESA in 1999. Before ...
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