Mission to Mercury

The BBC writes that ESA (European Space Agency) has approved a large mission to Mercury. The total cost will be 970m €, up from 665m and should reach Mercury in 2020 along with a Japanese probe. The European part will be an orbiter to that will study the planet for about a year studying a range of scientific areas. The Japanese part will look at Mercury's magnetic field. The probe will be the most extensive mission to Mercury yet.