A black-and-white picture showing the planet Mercury with craters and plains across the surface illuminated to different degrees by the Sun, seen against a black sky with parts of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft in the foreground.

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   Mark McCaughrean (markmccaughrean@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2024 06:03:08 JST Mark McCaughrean

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   Here's the second set of three images from the very close flyby of Mercury by ESA & JAXA's #BepiColombo mission last night.

   As ever, it was a great pleasure & privilege to be with the mission team last night as the spacecraft made contact after the flyby & downlinked the data, to process the images you see here, & then to discuss with scientists colleagues across Europe & Japan what they show.

   Full images & article:

   https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/BepiColombo_s_best_images_yet_highlight_fourth_Mercury_flyby

   #SpaceScience #SpaceExploration

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