Spacecraft clicks 1st selfie enroute 7-yr-journey to Mercury
BepiColombo, the British-built spacecraft, has taken its first selfie from space after being launched successfully during the weekend for a 7-year-journey to Mercury. The image, which was snapped by an onboard camera, shows the spacecraft's extended solar arrays and a sun sensor at the bottom left. In 2025, it will place the European and the Japanese probes in Mercury's orbit.