Scientists saw the planet Mercury closely for the first time, 166 km wide potholes were seen
The Moon and Mars are the foremost popular planets among scientists in space. this is often because life prospects are highest on these two. However, the eyes of scientists also are on other planets. during this episode, scientists from Europe and Japan have succeeded in capturing the image of the Planet Mercury. A joint spacecraft from Europe and Japan possesses the primary glimpse of the Planet Mercury. The European Space Agency gave this information.
According to the space agency, BepiColombo on Friday used the gravity of the Planet Mercury to bring the spacecraft a bit lower in its orbit. After coming to an altitude of about 200 km, the spacecraft took a black and white picture of the Planet Mercury with surveillance cameras. The European Space Agency said that this image shows that there are huge craters in many places on the Planet Mercury, including the 166 km-wide Lermontov crater.
Mercury is that the smallest planet in our Solar System and closest to the Sun. This joint mission is known as after Italian scientist Giuseppe Bepi Colombo. It had been launched in 2018 and can send two probes to the surface by 2025. Astronauts from the European Space Agency and also the Japanese Space Agency are one in all seven scientists currently aboard the International space Station.
A few days ago it had been reported that the International Space Station (ISS), built for scientific experiments in space, was out of control for a few time because of the carelessness of Russia. After which the scientists of the US space agency NASA re-established control over the ISS with great difficulty. The incident happened when Russia's Nauka Lab module was connecting to the ISS.