@europeanspaceagency: 8 years. 9.9 billion km. 9 flybys. One destination: Mercury 🛰️✨   Since launching in 2018, ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo mission has been taking the long route to Mercury, using gravity assists from Earth, Venus and Mercury itself to gradually align with the planet's orbit.   This video brings together footage from the spacecraft's monitoring cameras, showing its complete journey so far: one flyby of Earth, two of Venus and six of Mercury. From September 2026, BepiColombo begins the final stage of its arrival, with its two science orbiters preparing to enter orbit around the Solar System's smallest and least explored planet.   Watch 8 years of deep-space travel in just 3 minutes.   📹 ESA/BepiColombo/MTM #ESA #BepiColombo #Mercury

DonBreaksItDown :

BEPICOLUMBO the goat. i am so excited to learn more about mercury, such an odd planet, can't wait to live on a base in one of its polar asteroid craters.

scavocreo :

how much fuel did you save by taking 8 years to get there?

relevan2 :

the 8 year journey to Mercury it's almost over wowie

KingPerson :

bepi Colombo copied ksp 😭✌️🥀

bufffeeet :

esa can i get a hi pleaseee

matteomorooooo :

HOLY EARLY (funnier)

ladybigtiddie :

it's kinda romantic... flying by until they align

challenger space agency(CSA) :

HOLY EARLY

𝒔𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒚🪐 :

cool

︎︎︎ :

BepiColombo

CMR :

hoi Bepi👍

Nino Nakano :

hello

emil :

⚕️🎵Bunnymagique♥️☀️⭐️🌙🤍 :

♥️

mundolibreysoberano :

chrisdastonemanchrist :

chrisdastonemanchrist :

@Zero Gravity🪽 :

✨✨✨✨✨✨✨❤️

HugHub.io :

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