The Earth never seems to be too distant from the Moon.
Taken by: Clementine 1
Date: 1994
The Clementine mission was launched on January 25, 1994, as part of a joint NASA-strategic defense initiative. Before spinning wildly out of control on 7 May 1994, it took this composite photo of Earth, as seen across the northern pole of the Moon.
But the farther out we send our spacecraft...
Taken by: Mariner 10
Date: 3 November 1973
A combination of two photos (one of Earth and one of the Moon) taken by NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft, which journeyed to Mercury, Venus, and the Moon after launching from a repurposed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.
The more peculiar our home looks...
Taken by: Galileo
Date: 16 December 1992
On its way to study Jupiter and its Moons, NASA's Galileo spacecraft got its second speed boost from Earth's gravity.
About a week after that maneuver it took this composite image from 3.9 million miles (6.3 million km) away. The Moon, which is about one-third as bright as Earth, is closer to the viewer in the foreground.
https://steemit.com/technology/@pingkusabbir/the-most-iconic-images-of-earth-taken-from-space-part-4
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