Monday, April 14, 2014

Earth and Moon Seen by Passing Juno Spacecraft with Music by Vangelis

Earth and Moon Seen by Passing Juno Spacecraft with Music by Vangelis
When NASA's Juno spacecraft flew past Earth on Oct. 9, 2013, it received a boost in speed of more than 8,800 mph (about 7.3 kilometer per second), which set it on course for a July 4, 2016, rendezvous with Jupiter.

One of Juno's sensors, a special kind of camera optimized to track faint stars, also had a unique view of the Earth-moon system. The result was an intriguing, low-resolution glimpse of what our world would look like to a visitor from afar.


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