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Time-lapse of BepiColombo spacecraft flying by Mercury

Watch the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flyby the closest planet to the sun in this set of images captured. It was the 3rd ...
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Mercury mission to fly by closest planet to the sun for the first time

(CNN) — Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system, is all set for a rendezvous with a spacecraft. The BepiColombo mission will make its first flyby of Mercury around 7:34 p.m. ET on Friday and ...
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BepiColombo space mission beams back its first magnificent Mercury image

The shot was taken Friday about 1,500 miles from Mercury, during the first of six scheduled flybys of the planet. Ed is a many-year veteran of the writing and editing world who enjoys taking sentences ...
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BepiColombo mission snaps images of Mercury on its first flyby

The European and Japanese mission BepiColombo has made its first flyby of Mercury, capturing images of the planet it will eventually be exploring in more depth. In order to get close to the planet, ...
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Mysterious Mercury Stars In Majestic New BepiColombo Spacecraft Images

ESA picked out a trio of top images from the BepiColombo mission's sixth flyby of the planet Mercury. Mercury is coming into better focus through the BepiColombo mission. The spacecraft flew by the ...
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Mercury mission flies by closest planet to the sun for the first time

Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system, was getting photographed Friday by a spacecraft. The BepiColombo mission made its first flyby of Mercury around 7:34 p.m. ET on Friday as it was ...