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In pictures: Mercury spacecraft captures stunning new images of one of the least explored planets

A European-Japanese spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole as part of only the second human survey of our solar system's innermost planet. The ...

Rare photos show 'deeply personal' moments in space

A "deeply personal" set of images filmed by NASA astronauts which includes the first ever selfie taken in space has been ...
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Mercury-bound spacecraft flies by Venus, beams back brilliant images

While making its way to Mercury, the BepiColombo, a European-Japanese spacecraft, made a close approach to Venus on Aug. 10, according to the European Space Agency. The spacecraft snapped 89 images of ...
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Spacecraft buzzes Mercury's north pole and beams back stunning photos

A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole.The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury's ...
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BepiColombo spacecraft flies by Mercury, sees volcanic plain and impact craters

BepiColombo just imaged Mercury in a whole new light — mid-infrared light, to be precise. On the spacecraft's fifth flyby of ...