BepiColombo is a joint mission by ESA and JAXA to study Mercury, consisting of two orbiters: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter. Launched on 20 October 2018, it will arrive at Mercury in November 2026, with science operations starting in early 2027.
ESA, JAXA, and NASA will appoint up to 11 Guest Investigators and one Interdisciplinary Scientist. Guest Investigators will use data from instruments, sensors, or tracking data, combined with other missions, observations, lab measurements, or models. The Interdisciplinary Scientist will join the Science Working Team to focus on overall science objectives and cross-fertilization between payloads.
An announcement of opportunity will be issued soon on this page for the Mercury scientific community to submit proposals.