BepiColombo mission spacecraft orbits, artwork. BepiColumbo is a joint mission of ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to explore Mercury. The mission, due for launch in 2018, has three components: ESA's Mercury Transfer Module (MTM), ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and JAXA's Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO). The Mercury Planetary Orbiter (inner orbit) will be equipped with 11 instruments for mapping Mercury's surface and to look for water ice in polar craters on the planet's unlit side. The Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (outer orbit) will explore the solar wind around the planet. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / ESA / ATG Medialab |
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