The BepiColombo Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) has returned its first image from space. The view looks along one of the extended solar arrays, which was deployed earlier this morning and confirmed by telemetry. The structure in the bottom left corner is one of the sun sensors on the MTM, with the multi-layered insulation clearly visible. The transfer module is equipped with three monitoring cameras, M-CAMs, which provide black-and-white snapshots in 1024 × 1024 pixel resolution. This view is from M-CAM 1. The monitoring cameras will be used on various occasions during the cruise phase, notably during the flybys of Earth, Venus and Mercury.
