Mercury Systems is a technology company serving the aerospace and defense industries, acting as a manufacturer of open architecture computer hardware and software. They provide secure embedded processing modules, avionics mission computers, rugged servers, and trusted microelectronics for space applications. Mercury Systems has over 40 years of experience developing innovative, space-qualified products, including RF and microwave components, and solid-state data recorders, partnering with organizations like NASA and BlueHalo (for U.S. Space Force programs). Their products are utilized in satellite communications, launch vehicles, and programs like the Mars Rovers and EMIT.
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The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is currently en route to Mercury with orbital insertion planned for the end of 2026.
When volatiles escape at the base of a crater on Mercury, collapse structures called hollows can form, and when volatiles escape on crater walls, microhollows can form that trigger material to fall and create lineae.
Researchers from the Center for Space and Habitability at the University of Bern and the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica performed the first statistical analysis of lineae (bright slope streaks) on Mercury.
The Plasma Wave Investigation instrument aboard BepiColombo's Mio spacecraft recorded natural plasma waves in the audible range during multiple close Mercury encounters.
Mercury's magnetic field is about one hundredth as strong as Earth's magnetic field.
Mio is scheduled to enter Mercury orbit in late 2026.
The Mio plasma wave measurements indicate that chorus-like emissions and associated low-energy (cold) electrons could exist in Mercury's magnetosphere.
GEOTAIL's vantage point in the distant magnetotail, roughly ten Earth radii from Earth, provides conditions that resemble the compact magnetosphere of Mercury.
The team identified rapid rising and falling frequency sweeps in Mercury data, indicating nonlinear coupling between electrons and waves.
Mio is expected to begin orbital operations in 2027, enabling detailed investigations of chorus variation, interactions with cold electron populations, and local space environment shaping at Mercury.
BepiColombo is scheduled to enter orbit around Mercury in 2026.
Gemini served as the middle program of NASA's early human spaceflight efforts, between the Mercury and Apollo missions.
The XCM3-Space testbed was launched aboard a Proteus Mercury satellite in late November.
XCM3-Space was launched in late November on a Proteus Mercury satellite and operated in low Earth orbit.
Imaging spectrometers have visited every major rocky body in the solar system from Mercury to Pluto.
TOI-561 b has about twice Earth's mass and orbits its star at roughly one fortieth of Mercury's distance from the Sun.
NASA recognized that the high costs of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions stemmed from nonreusable hardware, prompting a shift toward partially reusable systems.
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission will conduct an extensive investigation of Mercury.
WASP-107b was discovered in 2017 and follows a tight orbit about seven times closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun.
JAXA's Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter will orbit at a greater distance to specialize in magnetic and particle environment studies.