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BepiColombo's 2nd Mercury flyby The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission captured this image of Mercury during its second flyby of the planet on June 23, 2022. The spacecraft was 920 km (570 mi) from the surface of Mercury when the picture was taken. North on this image is to the upper right. Parts of the spacecraft are visible in the foreground, including the mission's magnetometer boom on the left. You can find an annotated version of this image here. ESA/BepiColombo/MTM