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[ad_1] This is the first image captured in space by the Euro-Japanese BepiColombo mission in Mercury. He was captured by a surveillance camera on BepiColombo's mercury transfer module (MTM) on October 20, …

[ad_1] Joined European-Japanese mission to the planet tiniest, Mercury, blasted off from Guiana on its long journey tonight (Oct. 19, Oct. 20 GMT). That mission, BepiColombo, will spend seven years in the …

[ad_1] An electrical engineer working on NASA's nascent space program, Bob Davidson entered his job in three months in 1962 when it was announced that his project had been abandoned. Instead, he …

[ad_1] Tonight, Europe and Japan are set to launch a joint spacecraft that will travel more than seven years to one of the least-explored places in our Solar System: the planet Mercury. …

[ad_1] Image copyright ESA Image caption The BepiColombo spacecraft will take seven years to get to Mercury Europe and Japan are set to launch their joint mission to Mercury, the planet closest …

[ad_1] A mission to Mercury, one of our solar system's most studied planets, is about to embark on its seven-year journey. Experts say BepiColombo could not only shed light on the mysteries …

[ad_1] Only a few days ago, NASA announced that its Chandra X-ray Observatory was experiencing an unexpected downtime. The spacecraft has been forced to go into automated safe mode, which is designed …

[ad_1] Eileen Collins, the first woman to fly and command an American spacecraft, will speak to the EU on Wednesday.(Photo: provided) EVANSVILLE, Indiana – Eileen Collins knew that in grade four she …

[ad_1] Washington : NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, launched in 1977, has detected an increase in cosmic rays coming from outside our solar system, indicating that it is near interstellar space. Once Voyager …

[ad_1] BepiColombo will be the first spacecraft to use electric ion thrusters to travel to another planet. Four T6 ion engines provided by the British defense and technology company QinetiQ are mounted …