ESA and JAXA’s BepiColombo mission will separate its two orbiters in September, aiming to deliver detailed observations of Mercury’s surface and environment by 2027.
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NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot completed a six‑hour‑plus EVA, swapping a docking retroreflector and a high‑definition camera while handling a suit mobility issue.
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA's Sophie Adenot will perform the sixth all‑female spacewalk from the ISS on Sept. 1, replacing a navigation retroreflector and conducting several maintenance tasks.
The Meteosat Third Generation Imager‑2 (MTG‑I2) has been mated to an Ariane 6 rocket and will lift off from Kourou on 27 August, bringing high‑resolution weather data to Europe and North Africa.
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano has been named pilot for NASA's Artemis 3 mission, marking the first European assigned to an Artemis crew. This appointment is seen by ESA as a strategic move to secure future European participation in lunar surface missions.