SpaceArs Technicaabout 2 hours ago
BepiColombo nears Mercury after 8-year voyage
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Europe's BepiColombo mission cleared a major milestone in its final approach to Mercury after an eight-year voyage. The nearly $2 billion robotic mission, led by the European Space Agency with Japan and U.S. contributions, used plasma propulsion and planetary flybys to steer toward the scorching iron world.
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