BepiColombo’s 9.9-Billion-Kilometer Odyssey to Mercury Captured in New Video
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ESA/JAXA’s BepiColombo released a stitched video of its nearly eight-year, 9.9-billion-km cruise to Mercury, showing gravity assists past Earth, Venus and Mercury. The footage, from the MTM cameras, has been cleaned of light-artefact streaks. The mission’s final arrival sequence begins in late 2026, with the Mercury Transfer Module separating and MPO and Mio entering Mercury orbit in November 2026, marking the first time two spacecraft will orbit Mercury simultaneously for detailed mapping.
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