The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury has experienced a technical issue that is preventing its thrusters from operating at full power.
Top spaceflight experts from ESA and its partners are working the problem, but the long-term impact on the mission is uncertain.
Details:
BepiColombo snuck in a science experiment while passing by Venus
✨Turns out: the Morning Star is leaking carbon & oxygen ions into space
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Credit: Thibaut Roger/Europlanet 2024 RI/Hadid et al.
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Ya tenemos el paquete de imágenes al alcance de todos los públicos 🥳
MISSION
#BepiColombo
#Mercury
Transfer Module Monitoring Camera
#MercuryFlyby
3
ESA/BEPICOLOMBO/MTM/j. Roger
Now it's your turn 😉 We're pleased to announce that all
@ESA_MTM
#MercuryFlyby
3 images are now freely available in the Planetary Science Archive
@esapsanews
.
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