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  "id": 6133524,
  "title": "BepiColombo begins Mercury arrival with MTM separation success",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/bepicolombo-begins-mercury-arrival-with-mtm-separation-success",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-07T08:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ESA Space Science",
    "slug": "esa-space-science",
    "url": "https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/BepiColombo_begins_Mercury_arrival_with_MTM_separation_success"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On 3 September 2026 at 15:49 CEST, the European Space Agency's BepiColombo Mission Control Team at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) received the signal they had been waiting for – BepiColombo’s Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) successfully separated from the spacecraft stack . This landmark achievement for the ESA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission marks the first step…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "EarthSky",
        "title": "BepiColombo mission 1 step closer to Mercury today",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/bepicolombo-mission-1-step-closer-to-mercury-today",
        "published": "2026-09-03T11:00:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ESA Space Science",
        "title": "BepiColombo’s Mercury arrival begins - full replay",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/bepicolombos-mercury-arrival-begins-full-replay",
        "published": "2026-09-03T15:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "BepiColombo sheds its ride and starts the final glide to Mercury",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/bepicolombo-sheds-its-ride-and-starts-the-final-glide-to-mercury",
        "published": "2026-09-05T06:41:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}