Paris (ESA) Jun 22, 2023 -
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made its third of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury, snapping images of a newly named impact crater as well as tectonic and volcanic curiosities as it adjusts
A probe is familiarizing itself with the closest planet to the Sun, gearing up to explore Mercury’s heavily cratered surface. The BepiColombo mission recently captured stunning new images of Mercury during a close flyby, which resulted in the naming of an impact crater after a pioneering Jamaican artist.
Europe s Mercury-bound probe BepiColombo made its third close flyby of its target planet on Monday (June 19), revealing an intriguing surface riddled with craters.
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