BepiColombo

BepiColombo is a European Space Agency mission consisting of two spacecraft designed to explore the planet Mercury. It is an interplanetary probe that has spent eight years traveling to Mercury to study its composition, magnetic field, and geological features.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news now because after an eight-year journey, it has finally reached the final phase of its approach to Mercury.

Latest on BepiColombo

• After 8 Years in Space, ‘BepiColombo’ Is Finally Approaching Mercury
• BepiColombo sheds its ride and starts the final glide to Mercury
• After 8 years, Europe's BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury
• 'A new mission starting today': 8 years after launch, BepiColombo begins Mercury arrival
• 2 spacecraft will soon reach Mercury after 8 years in space. Here's what BepiColombo can do
• BepiColombo will finally split into two spacecraft ready to track down the secrets of the least-explored planet in the inner solar system
• the trailblazing BepiColombo spacecraft has finally begun its arrival at Mercury

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