Watch BepiColumbo's orbital dance to get to Mercury in this animation
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The joint Europe-Japanese mission to Mercury will use "nine gravity assist flyby maneuvers" to get into its final orbit around the planet Mercury. -- Europe's Mercury-bound BepiColombo will swing past Earth soon! Here's what you need to know.: https://www.space.com/bepicolombo-mercury-probe-earth-flyby-april-2020.html
Credit: ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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