The BepiColombo mission made its first flyby of Mercury around 7:34 p.m. ET on Friday, passing within 124 miles (200 kilometers) of the planet's surface.
The smallest planet in our solar system was getting photographed Friday by a European-Japanese space probe making its closest trip past the sphere on its seven-year mission. The BepiColombo mission made its first flyby of Mercury around 7:34 p.m. ET on Friday, passing within 124 miles of the planet's surface. "BepiColombo is now as close to Mercury as it will get in this first of six Mercury flybys," the European Space Agency said on Twitter.
— Bepi October 1, 2021 During the flyby, BepiColombo is collecting science data and images, and sending them back to Earth. Read MoreThe mission, jointly managed by the ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launched in October 2018. It will ultimately make six total flybys of Mercury before entering orbit around the planet in December 2025.
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