ESA’s BepiColombo Prepares for Mercury
The ESA’s first mission to Mercury, BepiColombo, is now set for final thermal tests before launching to the hottest planet in our Solar System in October…
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BepiColombo on Public Display
BepiColombo is Europe’s first mission to Mercury. It will set off in 2017 on a journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our…
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You Can See Mercury at Sunset This Month
NASA has recently discovered a very strange planet. Its days are twice as long as its years. It has a tail like a comet. It is…
Read the articleNASA MESSENGER Spaceraft Finds Huge Ice Deposit on Mercury
New data from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft suggest that there’s enough ice on Mercury to encase the entire US capitol. “The new data indicate the water ice…
Read the articleBepiColombo Mission to Mercury to Launch in 2015
Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, remains somewhat of a mystery to us. The BepiColombo mission will place two orbiters around Mercury: the European-made Mercury…
Read the articleMESSENGER Reveals More Details About Planet Mercury
NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, the first to achieve orbit around Mercury, is providing scientists new information about the planet. The data show widespread flood volcanism similar to…
Read the articleThe European Space Agency’s Mercury Mapper Undergoes Heat Testing
Key components of the ESA-led Mercury mapper BepiColombo have been tested in a specially upgraded European space simulator. ESA’s Large Space Simulator is now the most…
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MESSENGER Reveals Something New About Mercury
The first spacecraft designed by NASA to orbit Mercury is giving scientists a new perspective on the planet’s atmosphere and evolution. Launched in August 2004, the…
Read the articleMercury Revealed to Be a Dynamic Planet by MESSENGER Spacecraft
A NASA spacecraft gliding over the surface of Mercury has revealed that the planet’s atmosphere, the interaction of its surrounding magnetic field with the solar wind,…
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On Monday, Jan. 14, a pioneering NASA spacecraft was the first to visit Mercury in almost 33 years when it soared over the planet to explore…
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