{"id":14687,"date":"2018-03-12T10:21:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T10:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/?p=14687"},"modified":"2020-05-27T06:05:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T06:05:48","slug":"bepicolombo-image-montage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/bepicolombo-image-montage\/","title":{"rendered":"BepiColombo image montage"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14688\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BepiColombo_image_montage_node_full_image_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BepiColombo_image_montage_node_full_image_2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BepiColombo_image_montage_node_full_image_2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BepiColombo_image_montage_node_full_image_2-70x40.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ESA\/ATG medialab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The BepiColombo mission to Mercury\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/BepiColombo\/BepiColombo_gets_green_light_for_launch_site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed a review milestone last week<\/a>, confirming that it can leave Europe and begin preparations for launch at the Kourou spaceport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The spacecraft and ground equipment, along with personnel, will start transferring to Kourou towards the end of next month. The launch window opens on 5 October until 29 November 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">This montage of artist\u2019s impressions represents a selection of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/spaceinimages\/content\/search?SearchText=bepicolombo&amp;img=1&amp;SearchButton=Go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new images released today<\/a>\u00a0showcasing the spacecraft elements in different situations during the mission\u2019s seven-year cruise to the innermost planet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Some images highlight the moments following launch on the Ariane 5, while others feature flybys at Earth, Venus and Mercury. BepiColombo will fly by Earth once, Venus twice and Mercury six times, using the planets\u2019 gravity to help set course, before entering orbit around Mercury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">BepiColombo is Europe\u2019s first mission to the innermost planet and comprises three spacecraft. The ESA-built Mercury Transfer Module will carry the two science orbiters \u2013 ESA\u2019s Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Japan\u2019s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter \u2013 to Mercury. After arriving at Mercury, the trio will separate in stages \u2013 some of these moments are also visualised in the new artist\u2019s views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Once at Mercury, the two science orbiters will make complementary observations of the planet and its environment, from its deep interior to interaction with the solar wind, to provide the best understanding of the planet to date and how the innermost planet of a solar system forms and evolves close to its parent star.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">BepiColombo is a joint endeavour between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The views of Mercury in this montage are based on imagery from NASA&#8217;s Mariner 10 and Messenger missions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BepiColombo mission to Mercury\u00a0passed a review milestone last week, confirming that it can leave Europe and begin preparations for launch at the Kourou spaceport. The spacecraft and ground equipment, along with personnel, will start transferring to Kourou towards the end of next month. The launch window opens on 5 October until 29 November 2018. 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