ESA Upgrades Thermal Vac For BepiColombo

Credit: ESA/JAXA
European Space Agency engineers have upgraded the Large Space Simulator (LSS) at the European Space Research and Technology Center (Estec) to prepare the two BepiColombo spacecraft for their upcoming mission to the broiling environment at Mercury. Spacecraft orbiting there must endure temperatures...

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