Mission control on Skype: how to fly a spacecraft during a pandemic

Mission control on Skype: how to fly a spacecraft during a pandemic





BepiColombo snapped these images as it swung past Earth on 10 April. The spacecraft is using Earth’s gravity to slow down en route to Mercury. Coronavirus precautions meant that most of BepiColombo’s mission-control team had to watch from home. (Nature | 4 min read) (ESA/BepiColombo/MTM, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)