April 28 , 2019
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- European and Japanese space agencies announced that an Ariane 5 rocket successfully lifted a BepiColombo spacecraft into orbit.
- It is a joint mission to Mercury.
- The spacecraft is named after Italian scientist Giuseppe “Bepi” Colombo.
- BepiColombo will release two probes that will independently investigate the surface and magnetic field of Mercury.
- Bepi, developed by European Space agency
- Mio, developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA)
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