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BepiColombo Mission: Approach to Mercury Has Begun

The European-Japanese space mission BepiColombo has begun its approach to Mercury after an eight-year journey.

4 September 2026Tagblick Newsdesk

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The BepiColombo space mission has begun its approach to the planet Mercury, according to reports from Deutschlandfunk and SRF. The mission includes a European and a Japanese probe that are jointly en route to their destination. After an eight-year travel time, both probes have now initiated the complex arrival phase.

As reported by heise online, the probes recently successfully performed a critical maneuver to maintain their course toward Mercury. The coming months will be crucial as the technologies and trajectories must be verified to ensure a successful arrival at Mercury.

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