BepiColombo will make its first flyby of Mercury in Oct. 2021

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission will fly about 200 km (124 miles) from Mercury on its first flyby of the planet on October 1, 2021. Credit: Space.com | footage/animation: ESA/ATG medialab | edited by [Steve Spaleta](http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)