#BepiColombo
completed its first flyby, coming less than 12,700 km from Earth’s surface at 06:25 CEST this morning, steering its trajectory towards the final destination, Mercury, and taking stunning images of our planet
#BepiColomboEarthFlyby
Full story:
#MercuryFlyby
3: the movie!
Watch Mercury appear from the shadows as we speed by the planet’s night side, and enjoy a special flyover of geologically rich terrain.
📹
#ExploreFarther
Hello, Mercury!
This splendid view of part of Mercury's northern hemisphere was captured by
@ESA_MTM
about 10 mins after
#MercuryFlyby
close approach, from a distance of 2420km.
#ExploreFarther
A trio of images to highlight
#BepiColombo
's 3rd
#MercuryFlyby
, featuring a newly named crater and various geological and tectonic curiosities. Enjoy this first-look taste of our flyby!
Details & images👉
#ExploreFarther
Are you ready for our first photos of
#Venus
?! It is quite small as we were still pretty far away yesterday (it's from 07:25UTC 14 Oct). Look! You can see my antenna, too! 🤭
#BepiColomboVenusFlyby
#ExploreFarther
More images from
#MercuryFlyby
! This compilation captures the magnificant first views from close approach, through to
#BepiColombo
's depature slew away from the planet. Distance range approx. 1000-93000km from first to last image. More details👉
Get ready for a close
#VenusFlyby
! On 10 Aug we’re flying by at just 550 km altitude! Some
@ESA_Bepi
+
@JAXA_MMO
instruments on, plus
@ESA_MTM
’s
#selfie
cams during close approach and in the week after. Watch this space!
Eclipse, over... I'm back! Waiting for the awesome close-ups me and
@ESA_MTM
have just taken to get down. In the meantime, enjoy this beauty from yesterday evening. And if you have taken images of me, share them with us:
#BepiColomboEarthFlyby
On 20 Oct 2018, at 01:45:28 GMT, our
#BepiColombo
launched into space onboard an Ariane 5 on its 7 year journey to planet Mercury. Quite a few km on the clock already from our first year in space! Follow the journey:
"Everything is nominal" always a phrase we like to hear from our
@esaoperations
colleagues 👍
#VenusFlyby
close approach coming up at 13:51:54 UTC! 🛰🟠⤴️
#BepiColombo
should now have fallen into Earth's shadow
Sunlight will no longer be reaching the spacecraft's solar panels for the first time since launch in Oct 2018. The spacecraft will now be running on battery power🔋
#EclipseBegins
#BepiColomboEarthFlyby
Getting excited about our very first
#MercuryFlyby
! One month to go! We'll be flying by at an amazingly close distance of 200 km in our first of six
#Mercury
flybys to get us ready for entering orbit. More dates for your diary 👇