BepiColombo Heading to Mercury

The BepiColombo spacecraft is just the third mission to Mercury. We explore this program with Mark McCaughrean of the European Space Agency

BepiColombo is the most advanced spacecraft ever to explore Mercury, arriving 2025. Image credit: The Cosmic Companion / NASA

This week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, we welcome Mark McCaughrean, Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency, to the show. We’ll talk…