Newslink: The Most Powerful Ion Drive in Space Is Ready for Its Visit to Mercury

in newslink •  6 years ago 

The BepiColombo mission to Mercury that left Earth on Oct. 19 has a long journey ahead of it, but the spacecraft just ticked off an important milestone.

https://www.space.com/42646-bepicolombo-fires-ion-thrusters-toward-mercury.html

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