125 - Spiralling Down to Mercury (feat. Lina Hadid)

WeMartians Podcast by Jake Robins

Jul 12, 202200:36:56Science & Medicine

BepiColombo, a joint mission between ESA and JAXA, is on a long meandering journey to Mercury. Last month, it made its 2nd of six flybys of the innermost planet, spiralling its trajectory down to a place where it can ent...

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