BepiColombo orbiters take off for Mercury tonight

If you’ve ever wondered what’s happening over on Mercury, you’ll have an answer soon. Well, soon-ish. BepiColombo, a joint effort between the space agencies of Europe and Japan, will send off a spacecraft Friday night at about 9:45 PM ET with the destination set for the closest rock to the sun. Don’t expect to hear much from the little adventurer for a while, though — it won’t reach Mercury’s orbit until late 2025.

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