Space BepiColombo Makes Its Second Mercury Flyby During this flyby, BepiColombo approached the planet from the night side. The next Mercury flyby of BepiColombo is scheduled to take place about one year from now.
Space BepiColombo Mission Captures First Images of Mercury On the night of October 2, BepiColombo approached the planet at a distance of 199 km and collected data using its sensors. Ten minutes after the fly-by, the spacecraft took a series of images.
