ESA to conduct BepiColombo flyby amid coronavirus crisis
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - 01:30
in Astronomy & Space
Controllers at ESA’s mission control centre are preparing for a gravity-assist flyby of the European-Japanese Mercury explorer BepiColombo. The manoeuvre, which will see the mission adjust its trajectory by harnessing Earth’s gravitational pull as it swings past the planet, will be performed amid restrictions ESA has implemented in response to the coronavirus pandemic.