This will be the last time the M-CAMs get a peek at Mercury, reports the ESA. These imagers are attached to the spacecraft module, which will separate from the mission's dual probes during the ...

This was the sixth and final flyby of Mercury for the BepiColombo spacecraft since its launch in 2018, a manoeuvre that will assist the spacecraft in entering orbit around Mercury late next year.

The space agency's planetary science analysis groups must pause while NASA checks if they comply with Trump's orders.

February brings a rare planetary parade, with five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

Flawed rocket launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin still leave both companies in position to dominate the space sector.

Following stage separation, the booster landed on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean roughly 8 minutes after liftoff.

This was the sixth and final flyby of Mercury for the BepiColombo spacecraft since its launch in 2018. The maneuver put the spacecraft on course to enter orbit around Mercury late next year.

The BepiColombo spacecraft will start orbiting Mercury in 2026. Right now, it's conducting a series of flybys of the planet to get into position for that orbit. On Jan. 8, one of those flybys ...

A European and Japanese spacecraft has captured some of the clearest images yet of Mercury’s north pole, including its permanently shadowed craters and vast volcanic plains. The BepiColombo spacecraft ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) released the stunning snapshots, showing the permanently shadowed craters at the top of the least explored planet in the inner solar system. Cameras also captured views ...

“Nothing so far suggests pushing next launch past next month,” he ventured. The Starship incident comes after Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, nailed the ...