BepiColombo completes 8-year journey, heads to Mercury orbit

TREE NEWS update: After nearly eight years of flight, the BepiColombo spacecraft detached from its propulsion module on the 3rd, heading toward Mercury orbit, with arrival expected in November. The European Space Agency received confirmation at 21:53 Beijing time, ending a tense two-hour wait at the control center in Darmstadt, Germany, where cheers erupted.