AP News : This undated image provided by the European Space Agency shows close-up photos of Mercury’s north pole captured by the European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo. (ESA via AP, File)
This composite image provided by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington on Oct. 22, 2013, shows Mercury as it appeared to the Messenger spacecraft following a flyby of the planet. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington via AP)
This undated image provided by the European Space Agency shows close-up photos of Mercury’s north pole captured by the European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo. (ESA via AP, File)
This undated image provided by the European Space Agency shows close-up photos of Mercury’s north pole captured by the European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo. (ESA via AP, File)
This composite image provided by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington on Oct. 22, 2013, shows Mercury as it appeared to the Messenger spacecraft following a flyby of the planet. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington via AP)
A pair of spacecraft draw closer to Mercury after nearly decade-long voyage
