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European Space Agency 'ESA' first ever mission to Mercury on 20th October 2018
European Space Agency 'ESA' first-ever mission to Mercury: Details, Purpose, Background, Highlights
The European Space Agency's (ESA) under its first-ever mission named as 'BepiColombo Mission' will send two orbiters to Mercury.
This BepiColombo Mission aims to determine whether the planet 'Mercury' contains water and to explore the planet.
Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun, where the surface temperatures reach about 450 degrees Celsius.
Through the 'BepiColombo Mission', the ESA believes to get answers to the questions raised by the previous missions such as whether the planet holds water.
The UK built spacecraft will launch from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 20th October 2018 and will take seven years to reach Mercury, arriving in 2025.
European Space Agency's (ESA)
The European Space Agency (ESA) is an intergovernmental organization of 22 member states devoted to the exploration of space.
Formed: 30th May 1975
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founders: 22 European states that include: Austria, Belgium, Czech, Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom
