Listen to the sound of BepiColombo’s Earth flyby as captured in five recordings taken by two instruments aboard the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, one of the two orbiters comprising the joint European/Japanese Mercury exploration mission. To source
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Bepi in the sky with stars: photo contest winners announced
In early April, as the European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft was approaching our home planet ahead of the first flyby in its seven-year journey to Mercury, mission scientists invited amateur astronomers to observe the event from Earth and share their photos of this unique event. To source
Jupiter explorer Juice arrives for final integration
ESA’s upcoming JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft arrives at the satellite integration centre of the project’s prime contractor Airbus in Friedrichshafen, Germany, in April 2020, to undergo final integration. To source
Live discussion with BepiColombo experts – replay
Video: 01:25:40 BepiColombo experts share their first results from the spacecraft’s 10 April 2020 Earth flyby. Launched in 2018, BepiColombo is Europe’s first mission to Mercury. In the early hours of Friday 10 April, the spacecraft flew only 12 700 km from Earth for its first “gravity assist” on the way to the closest planet […]
BepiColombo’s final glimpses of Earth
Image: BepiColombo’s final glimpses of Earth To source
BepiColombo bids farewell to Earth and the Moon
Image: BepiColombo bids farewell to Earth and the Moon To source
BepiColombo shadow transit during Earth flyby
Image: BepiColombo shadow transit during Earth flyby To source
BepiColombo takes last snaps of Earth en route to Mercury
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission completed its first flyby on 10 April, as the spacecraft came less than 12 700 km from Earth’s surface at 06:25 CEST, steering its trajectory towards the final destination, Mercury. Images gathered just before closest approach portray our planet shining through darkness, during one of humankind’s most challenging times in recent history. […]
BepiColombo’s close-up of Earth during flyby
Image: BepiColombo’s close-up of Earth during flyby To source
BepiColombo closing in on Earth ahead of flyby – full sequence
Image: BepiColombo closing in on Earth ahead of flyby – full sequence To source
ExoMars to take off for the Red Planet in 2022
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Roscosmos Space Corporation have decided to postpone the launch of the second ExoMars mission to study the Red Planet to 2022. To source
The most powerful black hole eruption in the Universe (with inset)
Image: The most powerful black hole eruption in the Universe (with inset) To source
The most powerful black hole eruption in the Universe
Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray space observatories, along with radio telescopes on ground, have spotted the aftermath of the most powerful explosion ever seen in the Universe. To source