Joint European-Japanese mission to Mercury gets its first glimpse of the planet
The European Space Agency said the captured image shows the Northern Hemisphere and Mercury's characteristic pock-marked features.
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The European Space Agency said the captured image shows the Northern Hemisphere and Mercury's characteristic pock-marked features.
The BepiColombo mission made the first of six flybys of Mercury at 11.34pm yesterday, using the planet's gravity to slow the spacecraft down to take a low resolution photo of the planet.
A European-Japanese space mission seeking to learn more about Mercury caught its first glimpse of the planet late Friday when a European spacecraft shot a photo of it from over 2,400 kilometers away.
A joint European-Japanese spacecraft got its first glimpse of Mercury as it swung by the solar system's innermost planet while on a mission to deliver two probes into orbit in 2025.
BERLIN -- A joint European-Japanese spacecraft got its first glimpse of Mercury as it swung by the solar system's innermost planet while on a mission to deli...