Science in a Minute 101818 ESA and JAXA to Launch Joint Mission to Mercury

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are in final preparations for the launch of the BepiColombo Mission to Mercury. It’s a joint effort by the two space agencies. Mission officials say that BepiColumbo will further explore discoveries and hopefully answer some questions left by NASA’s MESSENGER mission to the most inner planet between 2011 and 2015.