BepiColombo Status

Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2018 | 07:30 - 07:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CET

Replay: Tue, Dec 11, 2018 | 16:00 - 16:15 GMT | 17:00 - 17:15 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

BepiColombo, Europe’s first mission to Mercury, was launched on 20 October 2018, the start of a seven year journey to the less know planet of our solar system and the closest to the sun

This joint mission between ESA and the Japanese space agency JAXA began its trip by unfurling antennas and solar arrays, taking a few selfies and deploying a three metre magnetometer boom and it is about to start using its solar propulsion engine to get to Mercury while scientists are preparing for BepiColombo’s arrival in 2025.

Before BepiColombo NASA's Messenger gave us the best information about Mercury. Yet there will be much more to learn about this unusual planet.

Mercury has an unknown dark surface with temperatures that reach up to 450 degrees C alongside areas that are believed to contain water ice.  As the spacecraft continues its long journey, scientists are advancing their research to help unlock Mercury’s mysteries.

This A&B roll recalls the launch in Kourou and the challenges ahead.

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/BepiColombo

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2018/12/BepiColombo_Status

Script:
BEPICOLOMBO MERCURY'S MYSTERIES A B ROLL SCRIPTS FINAL.docx

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