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Hace 4 días · The mission completed its first Mercury flyby on October 1, 2021, with its second and third flybys following on June 23, 2022, and June 19, 2023.
Hace 2 días · On 2019 December 25, Juno performed a distant flyby of Ganymede during its 24th orbit of Jupiter, at a range of 97,680 to 109,439 kilometers (60,696 to 68,002 mi). This flyby provided images of the moon's polar regions. In June 2021, Juno performed a second flyby, at a closer distance of 1,038 kilometers (645 mi).
Hace 4 días · Following this, the spacecraft is expected to enter its final orbit around Mercury in December 2025. The mission aims to start routine science operations by spring 2026, providing valuable insights into Mercury's magnetic field, magnetosphere, and internal structure.
Hace 4 días · Top Questions. How big is Mercury? Why is it difficult to observe Mercury? How far is Mercury from the Sun? How hot and cold does Mercury get? Which moons in the solar system are larger than Mercury? Messenger: Mercury. Mercury as seen by the Messenger probe, January 14, 2008.
Hace 2 días · The spacecraft was 18 feet 5 inches (5.61 m) long and 10 feet (3.0 m) wide, with a launch weight varying from 7,100 to 8,350 pounds (3,220 to 3,790 kg). The Gemini crew capsule (referred to as the Reentry Module) was essentially an enlarged version of the Mercury capsule.
Hace 5 días · The BepiColombo spacecraft snaps rare close-up images of Mercury during a planned gravity-assist flyby in 2023. Credit: ESA / JAXA A complex mission to Mercury that began its epic space voyage six ...
Hace 23 horas · During its second flyby of the planet on October 6, 2008, MESSENGER discovered that Mercury's magnetic field can be extremely "leaky". The spacecraft encountered magnetic "tornadoes"—twisted bundles of magnetic fields connecting the planetary magnetic field to interplanetary space—that were up to 800 km wide or a third of the ...
