Mercury mission on view

An Open Day visitor glimpses the actual multiple modules of the BepiColombo spacecraft due to be launched on a mission to Mercury in early 2017. The modules are placed safely behind glass within the cleanroom conditions of the ESTEC Test Centre for satellite testing. To the left is the ESA-made Mercury Planetary Orbiter, in the centre is the ESA-made Mercury Transfer Module that will fly the rest of the spacecraft to the innermost planet and to the right is the JAXA-made Mercury Magnetosphere Orbiter.

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