Witness how over the last eight years, the ESA/@JAXA-HQ BepiColombo mission has been travelling through the inner Solar System and aligning itself with Mercury's orbit. So far, it has travelled 9.9 b
Living in Japan and being from America and remembering what the ESA and JAXA has done in the past. I'm super stoked for this. Because it's not another Mars mission. This is gaing more information after Messenger. I'm looking forward to the information and pictures.
0:38 Earth Flyby (visible starting right side behind space craft)
1:11 Venus Flyby 1 (Visible starting middle behind space craft)
1:24 Venus Flyby 2 (Visible whole screen but quickly on right side)
1:32 Mercury Flyby 1 (Visible middle and right side)
1:48 Mercury Flyby 2 (Visible middle and right side)
2:15 Mercury Flyby 3 (Visible distantly on left side then on right side)
2:41 Mercury Flyby 4 (Visible middle and right side)
2:55 Mercury Flyby 5 (zips by fast in distance)
2:58 Mercury Flyby 5 again (Visible middle and right side)
3:02 Mercury Flyby 6 (Visible distantly on left side then on middle and right side)
It will be cool to have the date somewhere on the screen. Or added as closed captions?
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Thanks for sharing!
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1:11 Venus Flyby 1 (Visible starting middle behind space craft)
1:24 Venus Flyby 2 (Visible whole screen but quickly on right side)
1:32 Mercury Flyby 1 (Visible middle and right side)
1:48 Mercury Flyby 2 (Visible middle and right side)
2:15 Mercury Flyby 3 (Visible distantly on left side then on right side)
2:41 Mercury Flyby 4 (Visible middle and right side)
2:55 Mercury Flyby 5 (zips by fast in distance)
2:58 Mercury Flyby 5 again (Visible middle and right side)
3:02 Mercury Flyby 6 (Visible distantly on left side then on middle and right side)