Media briefing: BepiColombo's next milestone towards Mercury

Science & Exploration Media briefing: BepiColombo's next milestone towards Mercury 31/08/2026 2576 views 42 likes 525269 ID 01:09:40 Like Download MP4 [578.76 MB] SOURCE MP4 [1.22 GB] Thank you for liking You have already liked this page, you can only like it once! COOKIES For the best possible quality and to enable the sharing functionality, please accept all cookies. To adjust your cookie settings, click here . Details Related Rewatch the European Space Agency's 31 August 2026 online press briefing on the latest developments of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission, Europe's and Japan's first mission to Mercury. This briefing focused on the complexities of the separation of the Mercury Transfer Module ( MTM ), scheduled for 3 September 2026, a critical milestone marking the start of BepiColombo’s Mercury arrival phase. It also provided an overview of the operational challenges and milestones ahead, including Mercury orbit insertion in November 2026 and the separation of the two science orbiters (ESA's MPO and JAXA's Mio ) in December 2026. The briefing also provided an update on the…