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ESA's mission to explore Mercury

Madrid, Spain - Bepicolombo will start in 2009/2010

ESA, the European Space Agency, as of 2009/2010 will launch its mission to Mercury. The mission, named Bepicolombo in honour of the studies on the planet made by the Italian physics professor Giuseppe Colombo, aims to unveil the mystery of a celestial body which so far, because of both the strong electromagnetic fields and the high temperatures (600 degrees Celsius, editor's note) it is characterized...

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Rome, Italy, 08/20/2002 14:48
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