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From the Space Park: What will BepiColombo teach us about Mercury? - with Suzie Imber - Ri Science Podcast

From the Space Park: What will BepiColombo teach us about Mercury? - with Suzie Imber - Ri Science Podcast

Update: 2025-12-10
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We’re bringing you this month’s From the Theatre episode from the Space Park in Leicester, joined by Professor of Space Physics Suzie Imber. Suzie is a Co-Investigator on the Mercury Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer (MIXS) instrument onboard BepiColombo, the joint mission between ESA and JAXA currently on its way to Mercury. We explore the history of Mercury investigations, why it has been studied so much less than other planets, and what scientists are hoping to learn from BepiColombo. 

To discover more space science, tune into the 200th CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution with Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock on 28th, 29th and 30th December on BBC4 and BBC iPlayer.   

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Producer and presenter: Lia Hale 

Music: Joseph Sandy 

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From the Space Park: What will BepiColombo teach us about Mercury? - with Suzie Imber - Ri Science Podcast

From the Space Park: What will BepiColombo teach us about Mercury? - with Suzie Imber - Ri Science Podcast