BepiColombo Confirmed Healthy as It Prepares to Unlock Mercury's Secrets
The BepiColombo mission has reached its destination after nearly eight years, with confirmation of the spacecraft's successful separation received at ESA's mission control. The mission team reports that the spacecraft is healthy and operating as expected, setting the stage for unprecedented observations of Mercury.
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