Johannes Benkhoff15 October 2020
BepiColombo completes its first Venus gravity assist while travelling toward Mercury.
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BepiColombo completes its first Venus gravity assist while travelling toward Mercury.
BepiColombo makes a second Venus flyby to reduce its solar orbital energy before the first Mercury encounter.
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