Twin Probes Suffer Thruster Glitch on the Way to Mercury
For more than five years, a pair of spacecraft have been traveling through the solar system to reach the innermost planet Mercury and observe its extreme conditions. During its complex…
Mercury Probe Flies Through Charged Particle Rain That Triggers the Planet’s Auroras
On October 1, 2021, a pair of small spacecraft got their first good look at the closest planet to the Sun, revealing the strange process through which Mercury produces its…
Two spacecraft worked together to learn about Venus’ magnetic field
When spacecraft launch to visit distant planets in the solar system, they rarely travel directly from Earth to their target. Because of the orbits of the planets and limitations on…
BepiColombo mission shares stunning image of Mercury flyby
The European and Japanese team behind the BepiColombo mission to Mercury has shared the first image of the spacecraft’s recent flyby of the distant planet.
BepiColombo mission snaps images of Mercury on its first flyby
The European and Japanese mission BepiColombo has made its first flyby of Mercury, capturing images of the planet it will eventually be exploring in more depth.
See views of Venus flybys captured during two close encounters
Venus has been a hotspot in the solar system this week, as two different missions have captured footage of their flybys of the planet.
Two different spacecraft will be swinging by Venus this week
Venus enters the spotlight as the planet hosts two different craft performing flybys to gain a gravitational boost on their way to other destinations.