==== BepiColombo ====The European Space Agency is planning a joint mission with Japan called BepiColombo, which will orbit Mercury with two probes: one to map the planet and the other to study its magnetosphere.
==== MESSENGER ====Druga Nasina odprava na Merkur, imenovana MESSENGER ("MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging" - Merkurjeva površina, vesoljsko okolje, geokemija in daljinske raziskave) je bila izstreljena 3. avgusta 2004 iz Cape Canaverala na krovi rakete Boeing Delta 2.