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BepiColombo, a joint autonomous space mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has completed the third of six gravity flights near
As reported by Ukrinform, this is stated in the ESA press release.
“Everything went very well with the flight, and images taken during the approach phase (BepiColombo to Mercury – ed.) during the flight were transmitted to Earth,” said Ignacio Clerigo, ESA BepiColombo spacecraft operations manager.
It was noted that the probe made its closest approach to Mercury at 10:34 PM on Monday, June 19, about 236 km above the planet’s night side surface.
The spacecraft was able to take a series of new photos of tectonic and volcanic formations on Mercury, as well as the crater in particular. Black and white photos have a resolution of 1024 x 1024 pixels.
“Although the next flyby of Mercury will not occur until September 2024, there are issues to be resolved in the meantime,” Clerigo said. said.
As Ukrinform reports, BepiColombo, a joint automated space mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), took a new photo of the planet Mercury last June.
Photo: “ESA”
Source: Ukrinform
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