BepiColombo on the long journey to Mercury
BepiColombo on the long journey to Mercury
The BepiColombo mission is a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA), which contributes the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO, centre), and the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA), which contributes the Mercury Magnetoshpheric Orbiter (MMO, top). The orbiter duo is powered by an ion engine in the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM, bottom).
