After 8 years, Europe's BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury

Ars Technica
By Stephen ClarkSep 4, 2026, 6:49 pm103 ptsTrending
The BepiColombo mission cleared a major milestone this week in the final stretch of an eight-year interplanetary voyage to Mercury, the hard-to-reach, scorching hot iron world at the Solar System's innermost frontier. The robotic science mission, with a price tag of nearly $2 billion, is led by the European…

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