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The Three Best Photos From BepiColombo’s Historic Mercury Flyby

The Three Best Photos From BepiColombo’s Historic Mercury Flyby

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A detailed grayscale image of the Moon's surface, featuring numerous craters and a stark contrast between illuminated and shadowed areas. Several large craters are prominent in the center-left, highlighting the rugged lunar terrain.

The joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) BepiColombo mission performed its sixth flyby of Mercury yesterday, January 8, 2025. This historic maneuver enabled the spacecraft to capture incredible new photos of the planet's surface from just 295 kilometers (183 miles) away.

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