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Europe's Mercury mission swings into action

The European Space Agency signalled the start of a busy period for the planet Mercury, when it signed the contract for industrial development to start for the BepiColombo mission today (Jan. 18, 2008) at Astrium in Friedrichshafen, Germany. UK scientists and industry have key roles in BepiColombo, including construction of spacecraft subsystems and science instrument design.

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1. BepiColombo industrial contract signed
   01-18-2008 · European Space Agency (ESA)
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