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MTM's selfie footage of BepiColombo's eight-year journey

MTM's selfie footage of BepiColombo's eight-year journey

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A video compiles selfie footage from BepiColombo's Mercury Transfer Module, tracking the ESA/JAXA mission's eight-year journey through the inner Solar System since its launch on 20 October 2018. The spacecraft has traveled 9.9 billion km and completed nine planetary flybys, passing Earth once, Venus twice, and Mercury six times, as it aligns with Mercury's orbit.

Witness how over the last eight years, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has been travelling through the inner Solar System and aligning itself with Mercury's orbit. So far, it has travelled 9.9 billion km and completed nine 'planetary flybys' to help steer its way. In the video, you can see the spacecraft fly past Earth once, Venus twice, and Mercury six times.

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