BepiColombo's Third Flyby Captures Stunning Footage of Mercury.

The European Space Agency's BepiColombo spacecraft has completed its third flyby of Mercury, passing 236 kilometers over the night side of the planet. During the flyby, most of BepiColombo's science instruments were active, collecting magnetic, plasma, and particle monitoring data. The flyby was another opportunity for the BepiColombo team to check instrument function and to gather useful science prior to the spacecraft's orbital mission, which starts in late 2025.