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Watch this breathtaking image of Earth shot by spacecraft on journey to Mercury

On 10th April,  the ESA / JAXA BepiColombo mission completed its first flyby, as the spacecraft arrived less than 12,700 km from Earth’s surface at 06:25 CEST,  directing its trajectory towards final destination Mercury. Images gathered just before closest approach shows our world sparkling through the darkness, during one of the most challenging periods in …

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Soyuz Progress 70 spacecraft reaches ISS in record time

Soyuz Progress 70 spacecraft reaches ISS in record time

The Russian resupply cargo ship Progress 70 became the fastest spacecraft to reach the International Space Station just under four hours. Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, launched its Progress 70 resupply ship aboard a Soyuz-2 rocket in MS-09 mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:51 pm ET. Although earlier Soyuz missions launched by the …

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