BepiColombo's High Stakes Separation Dance The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s joint mission to Mercury has been a long time coming, but it's not over yet.
After eight years of travel, the BepiColombo spacecraft is finally approaching its destination, where a high stakes separation sequence will test its designers' expertise.
The journey to Mercury has been challenging due to the Sun's powerful gravitational pull, which makes it one of the most difficult planets in our solar system to reach.