Who’s up for second helpings of beautiful planet Mercury?!
Our ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft flew past the planet yesterday for a gravity assist and returned these incredible views with its three selfie cameras.
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Sunrise and shadows
First sighting of giant impact basin Caloris
Craters and volcanic plains
Once in orbit at the end of 2025, the BepiColombo mission will study all aspects of the innermost planet to better understand the origin and evolution of a planet close to its parent star.
ESA/BepiColombo/MTM, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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