Bepi Colombo Spacecraft reaches Mercury in its journey towards Venus

The BepiColombo Space Craft was launched jointly by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and European Space Agency to planet Mercury. The space craft has now crossed Venus on its way to Mercury. Highlights The mission BepiColombo consists of two satellites launched together. They are Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Mercury Magentospheric Orbiter. The two satellites will separate ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Ariane 5 • Bepi Colombo • European Space Agency • Interplanetary spaceflight • Japan Space Agency • Mercury • Solar System • Venus

European Space Agency and JAXA launches an unmanned Bepi Colombo spacecraft to Mercury

The European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have successfully launched an unmanned Bepi Colombo spacecraft into orbit from an Ariane 5 rocket for a joint mission to Mercury, the planet closest to the sun. The spacecraft has been named after Italian scientist Giuseppe “Bepi” Colombo. The unmanned spacecraft will have to ..

Topics: Astronomical objects • Astronomy • Bepi Colombo • JAXA • Mariner 10 • Mercury • Missions to Mercury • NASA • Outer space • Spacecraft • Terrestrial planets • Uncrewed spacecraft