Spacecraft images show north pole of Mars has thick ice capJOSEPH B. VERRENGIA AP Science Writer
The BepiColombo spacecraft swooped as close as 183 miles above Mercury's night side before passing directly over the planet's north pole.
M-CAM 1, the first of three monitoring cameras, captured aphotographof the shadowed north pole (above) from a distance of 489 miles above Mercury’s surface. The white hardware on the right side of the image is BepiColombo’s solar array, and p...
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On the flyby, the spacecraft passed within just 180 miles of Mercury’s surface, enabling it to capture close-up images of the planet. It passed the planet’s night side, which faces out into space and away from the sun, then over its north pole before swinging over to see its north...