ESA Science & Technology - Packing MPO

The Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury during the final stages of packing ahead of its journey from ESA in the Netherlands to Europe's spaceport in Kourou. Engineers are pictured here removing ground support equipment from the ultraviolet spectrometer, PHEBUS. The instrument itself is seen on the spacecraft module behind the engineers, who are working with the ground support equipment at the table in front.

The container that the MPO will be shipped in is seen in the background to the left of the image, with the BepiColombo cover.