The sun’s second planet, Venus, as seen from the BepiColombo spacecraft as it passed on its way to the innermost planet, Mercury, earlier this month. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/animated-gif-venus-seen-by-bepicolombo…
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BepiColombo slows down at Venus en route to Mercury
Approaching Venus from its day side, passing the planet, using its gravitational pull to slow down and continuing on its night side on course for Mercury: On Thursday 15 October 2020, at 05:58 CEST, ESA’s BepiColombo spacecraft will fly past Venus at a distance of approximately 10,720 kilometers and transfer some of its kinetic energy to our neighboring planet in order…
Venus flyby on the way to Mercury
On Saturday, October 20, 2018, the BepiColombo space probe set off on its journey to Mercury from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The 6.40 meters high and 4.1 tons heavy BepiColombo space probe consists of two spacecraft: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), which was constructed by the European Space Agency, ESA, and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), which was…
European Spacecraft Flying Past Venus Will Now Look for Signs of Life
“Earlier this week, scientists announced the discovery of phosphine on Venus, a potential signature of life. Now, in an amazing coincidence, a European and Japanese spacecraft is about to fly past the planet — and could confirm the discovery,” writes Forbes. Slashdot reader Iwastheone shares their report: BepiColombo, launched in 2018, is on its way to enter orbit around Mercury, the…
BepiColombo may be able to search for signs of life as it passes Venus
The BepiColombo spacecraft is about to pass by Venus on its way to Mercury, and the team plans to use it to look for phosphine, a gas that may indicate life in Venus’ atmosphere Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254781-bepicolombo-may-be-able-to-search-for-signs-of-life-as-it-passes-venus/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Earth Flyby of BepiColombo
What it would look like to approach planet Earth? Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Earth flyby opens new science opportunities for BepiColombo
Science instruments aboard the European-Japanese Mercury explorer BepiColombo are in excellent condition to gather high-quality data during the spacecraft’s long cruise to the innermost planet of the Solar System despite not having been designed for this purpose, teams collaborating on the mission learned during the spacecraft’s April flyby of Earth. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-05-earth-flyby-science-opportunities-bepicolombo.html…
Video: Views of Earth from BepiColombo’s flyby
A compilation of about 200 images collected by the joint European-Japanese mission BepiColombo during its first—and only—flyby of Earth on 10 April 2020, a manoeuvre needed to adjust its trajectory en route to its destination, Mercury. The spacecraft, equipped with three ‘selfie’ cameras, captured a series of stunning images of our home planet as it closed in, approached, and finally departed….
BepiColombo’s snaps of Earth en route to Mercury
The European-Japanese Mercury mission, BepiColombo, completed its first flyby last night, sweeping near Earth. The gravity assist fine-tuned the craft’s trajectory. BepiColombo’s images during the flyby show Earth shining in darkness. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/bepicolombos-snaps-of-earth-en-route-to-mercury…
Top 5 Mercury mysteries that BepiColombo will solve
BepiColombo – a joint mission of Europe and Japan – successfully passed Earth last night and is now headed toward the innermost part of the solar system. Here are some questions about our sun’s innermost planet, Mercury, the spacecraft is expected to answer. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/top-5-mercury-mysteries-that-bepicolombo-will-solve…