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The BepiColombo spacecraft blasted off into space, bound for Mercury in the early hours of Saturday 20 October 2018 from French Guyana to travel 9 billion km to reach Mercury in 2025. Professor Da...vid Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences at The Open University has been involved with the mission since 1994 when he attended a meeting at ESA HQ in Paris to present the geological case for a return to Mercury. He described the launch as flawless.
The BepiColombo spacecraft blasted off into space, bound for Mercury in the early hours of Saturday 20 October 2018 from French Guyana to travel 9 billion km to reach Mercury in 2025. Professor Da...vid Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences at The Open University has been involved with the mission since 1994 when he attended a meeting at ESA HQ in Paris to present the geological case for a return to Mercury. He described the launch as flawless.
| Series: | OUresearch on YouTube |
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| Original broadcast channel: | YouTube |
| Published: | 2018 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
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| Duration: | 00:01:25 |
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| Contributor: | David Rothery |
| Publisher: | The Open University |
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| Production number: | rtfri3nU_DI |
| Available to public: | yes |
