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People often look at the stars from Earth, but astronauts get to look at Earth from the stars. The crew on the International Space Station use their cameras to show off the world from 260 miles above. The metropolitan cities are easier to spot because of their lights. Tokyo, Delhi, and Chicago are some of the cities that have been captured. American astronaut Jasmine Mugbelli is currently on the International Space Station and has helped capture some of the photos. Of course, since the purpose of the space station is research, the cameras are the best quality, which helps capture the best images. It makes you understand why space tourism could become popular.
A private US spacecraft headed to the moon captures a glorious view of Earth
A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight.Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday to put it on a path to reach the moon in over a month. Dubbed Blue Ghost, the spacecraft beamed back photos and video of the Blue Marble, our planet. The Texas company released the images Friday.It carries experiments for NASA, part of the space agency’s effort to return astronauts to the moon this decade.Blue Ghost is one of two lunar landers launched from Florida by SpaceX on Jan. 15. It's targeting a moon touchdown on March 2. The other lander is sponsored by the Japanese company ispace and taking an even longer route, with a landing in late May or early June.It's the first moonshot for Firefly and the second for ispace, which crashed its first lander into the moon in 2023. Tokyo-based ispace's latest lander, Resilience, is still orbiting Earth and performing all its maneuvers to close in on the moon.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight.
Still circling Earth, Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander fired its thrusters Thursday to put it on a path to reach the moon in over a month. Dubbed Blue Ghost, the spacecraft beamed back photos and video of the Blue Marble, our planet. The Texas company released the images Friday.
It carries experiments for NASA, part of the space agency’s effort to return astronauts to the moon this decade.
Blue Ghost is one of two lunar landers launched from Florida by SpaceX on Jan. 15. It's targeting a moon touchdown on March 2. The other lander is sponsored by the Japanese company ispace and taking an even longer route, with a landing in late May or early June.
It's the first moonshot for Firefly and the second for ispace, which crashed its first lander into the moon in 2023. Tokyo-based ispace's latest lander, Resilience, is still orbiting Earth and performing all its maneuvers to close in on the moon.
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