April 23, 2015
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Mission's news feed
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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...
April 10, 2020
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ESA to conduct BepiColombo flyby amid coronavirus crisis
Controllers at ESA’s mission control centre are preparing on 10 April for a gravity-assist flyby of the European-Japanese Mercury explorer BepiColombo. The manoeuvre, which will...
March 31, 2020
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ESA scales down science mission operations amid pandemic
In response to the escalating coronavirus pandemic, ESA has decided to further reduce on-site personnel at its mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
March 24, 2020
