BepiColombo’s journey to Mercury
Animation visualising BepiColombo’s 7.2 year journey to Mercury.
This animation is based on a launch date of 5 October, marking the start of the launch window in October 2018. It illustrates the gravity assist flybys that the spacecraft will make at Earth, Venus and Mercury before arriving at Mercury in December 2025.
More about the journey:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/BepiColombo/Journey_to_Mercury
Man I know yall can get there faster
Absolutely awesome. Thanks ESA to show us!
wich madman wrote the programme calculate this?
update???
Earth speed 30 km/s. Mercury speed: 47 km/s. You have to slow down to go to mercury. That's sounds crazy, it's orbital dynamics!