BepiColombo, inside its Ariane 5 launcher, is transferred from the Final Assembly Building to the launch…
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Awaiting final countdown
After years of planning and countless hours of simulations, mission teams at ESA’s control centre in…
BepiColombo stacked for launch
Video footage from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou showing the three BepiColombo spacecraft modules being 'stacked' in…
BepiColombo stacked for launch
Video footage from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou showing the three BepiColombo spacecraft modules being 'stacked' in…
MELT 3D printer
Europe’s first 3D printer designed for use in weightlessness, printing aerospace-quality plastics, has won the prestigious…
Expedition 57 crew return to Baikonur after an aborted launch
Spaceflight was a challenge in 1961 when Yuri Gagarin became the first human to successfully and…
Planet Mercury
Among the four inner Solar System planets, Mercury is the smallest and very dense, its vast…
Planet Mercury
Among the four inner Solar System planets, Mercury is the smallest and very dense, its vast…
BepiColombo monitoring camera test image
An unusual view of part of the BepiColombo spacecraft stack, taken by one of the monitoring…
BepiColombo monitoring camera test image
An unusual view of part of the BepiColombo spacecraft stack, taken by one of the monitoring…