A joint European-Japanese spacecraft got its first glimpse of Mercury as it swung by the solar system's innermost planet while on a mission to deliver two probes into orbit in 2025. The spacecraft took a low resolution black-and-white photo.
This image made available by the European Space Agency shows planet Mercury taken by the joint European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft Mercury Transfer Module’s Monitoring Camera 2, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021.
BERLIN — A joint European-Japanese spacecraft got its first glimpse of Mercury as it swung by the solar system’s innermost planet while on a mission to deliver two probes into orbit in 2025. After swooping past Mercury at altitudes of under 200 kilometers , the spacecraft took a low resolution black-and-white photo with one of its monitoring cameras before zipping off again.
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