Mercury has long been the least explored planet in our solar system, but that could be about to change thanks to a British-built spacecraft.
Overnight the European Space Agency launched its first mission to the planet.
It’s called BepiColombo and will take up to seven years to get there.
Sky’s science correspondent Thomas Moore has this report looking at its epic five billion mile journey.
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