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Spacecraft will fly by Venus week after announcement on signs of life
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businessinsider.com
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danroseai
on Sept 17, 2020
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mthoms
on Sept 17, 2020
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>BepiColumbo will get much closer to Venus next time — only about 550 kilometers away.
Is this a typo or will the spacecraft actually pass
that
close to Venus?
frenchwhisker
on Sept 17, 2020
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Apparently it will, according to the ESA site:
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/bepicolombo-flyby/venus1flyby
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Is this a typo or will the spacecraft actually pass that close to Venus?