This photo taken and beamed back to Earth autonomously by a mini rover released from the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e-6 probe shows a view of the combination itself on the lunar surface, June 3, 2024. The ascender of China's Chang'e-6 probe lifted off from lunar surface on Tu...
This year's Mid-Autumn Festival fell when the moon was near its perigee in the Earth-moon orbit, so the moon appeared about 14 percent larger than a typical full moon and shined brighter, earning it the title of "supermoon". This presented a great opportunity for astronomical observations. ...
This year's Mid-Autumn Festival fell when the moon was near its perigee in the Earth-moon orbit, so the moon appeared about 14 percent larger than a typical full moon and shined brighter, earning it the title of "supermoon". This presented a great opportunity for astronomical observations. ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured the above image of the Earth and the Moon from a distance of 890,000 miles (1.4 million km) on October 13, 2022. The image was taken as part of an instrument calibration sequence as the spacecraft approached Earth for its first of three Earth gravity a...
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In 1966, Lunar Orbiter I sent back this image of Earth from the vicinity of the Moon.Credit: NASA When the Allies vanquished Nazi Germany in 1945, the U.S.capturedmany of the Germans'powerful V-2 rocketswhich, after translation, is short for "Vengeance Weapon Two." ...
Nearly 50 years after Apollo 8 astronauts took the famous "Earthrise" photos of Earth from the moon, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recreated the astronauts' beautiful view of Earth with this composite view. Full story: This New 'Earthrise' Photo from NASA Is Simply Breathtaking The view...
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander captures an image high over Australia as it heads toward the moon. There’s much debate as to whether the dot to the left of Earth is the second-stage booster (which is seen more clearly in the first of the four images) or the moon, or something els...
Here are several historic first pictures of Earth from the moon and from deep space, as well as iconic views of our world from a truly far-out perspective. Blue Marble: NASA has produced several Blue Marble images. Theoriginal, taken by the crew of Apollo 17, shows the Eastern Hemisphere...
A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) was quietly doing what it always does — capturing the Earth as it rotates along its axis during its orbit around the sun — when the moon swooped in and photobombed DSCOVR’s snaps for the second time in a year.“...