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BepiColombo

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BepiColombo

@BepiColombo

Europe's mission to Mercury, in cooperation with Japan. Arriving 2026 at the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System.

Mercury... Bring sunscreen!

Joined October 2012

BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jun 15
Solar electric propulsion completed! BepiColombo's @ESA_MTM today finished the final burn of its 8-year cruise. With MTM, @esascience's @ESA_Bepi and @JAXA_en's @JAXA_MMO are now coasting together towards planet Mercury. Check back for updates - busy times ahead! #bepicolombo
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jun 11
Our @ESA_Bepi Mercury Planetary Orbiter's mission has been approved by @esa's Member States for an extension to the end of 2029. We look forward to learning even more about Mercury and its surroundings over the coming years!
ESA science missions get green light for new discoveries
From esa.int
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Apr 20
Our mission's Science Working Team had a highly productive meeting in Sapporo, Japan, last week, gearing up for the joint arrival of the @JAXA_MMO Mio and @esascience @ESA_Bepi MPO spacecraft at Mercury later this year! #bepicolombo 🛰️🛰️
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Nov 21, 2025
It's one year until we reach Mercury to stay! Follow this link to catch up with what we've been up to during our trip to this fascinating little planet! 🙂#bepicolombo
ESA Science
@esascience
Nov 21, 2025
7️⃣years in space 9️⃣flights past 3️⃣planets 1️⃣ year to go until @BepiColombo arrives at Mercury! 🫡 🤓Rest assured, we’ve made the most of the mission’s winding journey to its destination 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor…
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 24, 2025
🤔In space, no one can hear you... make an orbit-bending flyby of Mercury. So BepiColombo recorded its vibrations and turned them into sounds
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 24, 2025
More info & credits:
The sounds of BepiColombo's sixth flight past Mercury
From esa.int
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 14, 2025
📽️Sit down, relax and enjoy #BepiColombo’s views as it moved gracefully around Mercury on 7-8 January 2025. 🎼🎶Playing in the background is The Hebrides overture by Felix Mendelssohn - can you guess why?
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 14, 2025
ℹ️More info and credits:
BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby: the movie
From esa.int
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 9, 2025
Our top three images from the sixth Mercury flyby are here! 🌗 See what they reveal about the mysterious planet here 👉 esa.int/Science_Explor… and in 🧵👇
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 9, 2025
Replying to @BepiColombo
Mercury's sunlit north viewed by M-CAM 1 This image shows that large regions of Mercury's heavily cratered surface are smoothed over by lava from volcanic eruptions. This smoothing is visible inside the 290 km-wide crater at the right of the image, called Mendelssohn. The vast
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 9, 2025
Lava and debris brighten Mercury's surface The bright patch near the planet's upper edge in this image taken by M-CAM 2 is the Nathair Facula, the aftermath of the largest volcanic explosion on Mercury. This is a major target for several #BepiColombo instruments. Measuring the
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 8, 2025
Stay tuned!
Josef Aschbacher
@AschbacherJosef
Jan 8, 2025
I will unveil the new images of Mercury tomorrow morning as part of my Annual Press Briefing. Follow along live from 10:00 CET on esawebtv.esa.int
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 8, 2025
On 8 January, at 06:59 CET, Bepi, Mio and MTM got as close as 295 km to Mercury’s surface. This sixth flyby is the last time the #BepiColombo trio greet the planet together 👉 esa.int/ESA_Multimedia…
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 8, 2025
Images and other scientific data from this morning's close approach to Mercury by #bepicolombo are safely on the ground! We'll be sharing images from the closest approach tomorrow.
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 8, 2025
Here's an image taken 5.5 hours before closest approach, when #bepicolombo was 44950 km from Mercury's southern hemisphere. The planet is at the bottom of the picture, below two of the spacecraft's booms.
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 8, 2025
BepiColombo is reaching its closest approach to Mercury now during its sixth encounter with the planet. It's 06:58:52 CET, and the spacecraft is 295km from the surface. #bepicolombo
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BepiColombo
@BepiColombo
Jan 6, 2025
BepiColombo's sixth flyby of Mercury (this Wednesday) will be its last. But fear not! In 2026, the mission will enter into orbit around the little planet and stay for good 🤗 🖼️Alex Luktus
JB
@JBenkhoff
Jan 6, 2025
Final flyby at Mercury is upcoming on Wednesday. Next time: "Wir kommen um zu bleiben" - How would you phrase it in your language?
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