Caption: BepiColombo’s components separating at Mercury. Image Credit: Astrium BepiColombo, due to launch in 2015, will be only the third spacecraft to visit Mercury and the first to be sent by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Currently undergoing tests at ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) … Continue reading "BepiColombo – Mission to Mercury"