A timelapse video comprising many images of the fourth BepiColombo flyby of the planet Mercury last week. The planet appears against a black background in the three different monitoring cameras, initially close up and then receding into the distance.

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   Mark McCaughrean (markmccaughrean@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Sep-2024 00:06:59 JST Mark McCaughrean

   Last week, the ESA/JAXA #BepiColombo mission made its fourth & closest gravity assist flyby at Mercury, en-route to entering orbit around our innermost planet in November 2026 🌚🛰️

   The spacecraft passed close over the Vivaldi crater, so the music I've chosen to accompany the timelapse video I made from the many monitoring camera images perhaps won't come as any surprise 🎶🤷♂️

   Hope you enjoy it 🙂👍

   Official ESA release & 4K version: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/09/BepiColombo_s_fourth_Mercury_flyby_the_movie

   #SpaceScience #SpaceExploration