BepiColombo-Mercury Space Probe

[Flyaway]

BepiColombo, the joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury, has experienced an issue that is preventing the spacecraft’s thrusters from operating at full power.

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A combined team from ESA and the mission’s industrial partners set to work the moment the issue was identified. By 7 May, they had restored BepiColombo’s thrust to approximately 90% of its previous level. However, the Transfer Module’s available power is still lower than it should be, and so full thrust cannot yet be restored.

Glitch on BepiColombo: work ongoing to restore spacecraft to full thrust

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[FighterJock]

Not looking good fot BepiColombo, let's wait and see if they can find a fix, it would be a shame if they coundn't.