BepiColombo Spacecraft Launch on 7-Year Trek to Mercury for Europe and Japan

Friday, October 19, 2018 - 22:30 in Astronomy & Space

A joint European-Japanese mission to the tiniest planet, Mercury, blasted off from French Guiana on its long journey tonight (Oct. 19, Oct. 20 GMT).

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