BepiColombo was built by the Stevenage-based company Astrium, now Airbus, and launched in 2018. The spacecraft comprises two satellites that will gather data for at least a year, and needs special ...

A spacecraft built in the UK has captured new images of Mercury as it made its sixth and final flyby ahead of entering the planet's orbit in 2026. BepiColombo was built by the Stevenage-based ...

built by Astrium, now Airbus, has completed six flyby missions of Mercury since it was launched on October 20, 2018. It has successfully completed the final ‘gravity assist manoeuvre’ needed ...