BepiColombo Mission to Mercury

BepiColombo, the European Space Agency’s first mission to Mercury, was launched on 20 October 2018 and will reach the Solar System’s innermost planet in 2025.

Find out more about BepiColombo and its mission to Mercury in these webinars:

Find out more about the mission in this cartoon from ESA:

Find out more about Mercury in our animation:

Earth Flyby

At 04:25 UTC on 10th April 2020, BepiColombo made its closest approach to Earth at a low altitude of 12,700 km. This was its first and only flyby of Earth. Observers were invited to submit their images of the flyby.

Venus Flybys

Venus Observation Campaign, October 2020

This October, Venus will be the focus of an international campaign of coordinated observations involving two space agencies, three missions and multiple ground-based telescopes and planetary scientists around the world. The collaboration aims to shed new light on the thick and complex atmosphere of Venus. Find out more.