Spacecraft Is on Its Way to the Hot Planet Mercury

Spacecraft Is on Its Way
to the Hot Planet Mercury BepiColumbo launched aboard a
rocket on Friday from French Guiana. Made up of two probes, Mercury is a bit of a
mystery to scientists. It's composition is very
different from the earth's. Nancy Chabot, Johns Hopkins University, via NPR While temperatures
on the planet can
reach up to 800° F, Nancy Chabot, Johns Hopkins University, via NPR BepiColombo's Mercury orbit
will pass close enough to the
south pole to gather new
information about the ice deposits. The Mercury exploration
is expected to take
about seven years.