JAXA sets November 21 arrival date for BepiColombo Mercury mission
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Summary
JAXA has announced a definitive arrival date for the BepiColombo mission at Mercury. The joint JAXA-ESA mission consists of three craft: the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) carrying ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and JAXA's Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO). The MTM has been using its cameras to capture images of Earth, Venus, and Mercury during the journey. The arrival is scheduled for November 21, approximately eleven months behind schedule.
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BepiColombo is a joint effort between JAXA and the European Space Agency.
The MTM's primary role is getting the two orbiters to Mercury, but mission boffins have used its cameras to snap images of Earth, Venus and Mercury in the sev
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