On July 19, 2013, NASA spacecraft got not one but two rare and unique views of Earth from opposite ends of the solar system.
Published Jul 24, 2013
In October 2013, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past the Earth to steal some energy for a ride to Jupiter. Along the way, it also stole some glimpses of home.
Published Dec 29, 2013
A spacecraft looked homeward while making its way to the asteroid Bennu.
Published Nov 22, 2018
Seen from a billion kilometers away, through the ice and dust particles of Saturn’s rings, Earth appears as a tiny, bright dot.
Published Jan 16, 2007
After 35 years, the Voyager 1 space probe is farther from Earth than any manmade object has ever flown.
Published Sep 5, 2012
When the Apollo 11 astronauts left the surface of the Moon on July 21, 1969, they brought home samples of solar wind particles, lunar rocks and dirt, and a big helping of perspective.
Published Jul 20, 2019
The MarCO-B CubeSat snapped its first photo on May 9, 2018, and caught a glance of home.
Published May 28, 2018
The Deep Space Climate Observatory captured a unique view of the Moon as it passed between the spacecraft and Earth. The Artemis mission will soon take us back for closeups.
Published Aug 6, 2015
OSIRIS-REx took a look back at home while making its way toward the asteroid Bennu.
Published Dec 31, 2017
From 31 million miles away, how could you tell that there was life on Earth? Scientists used the remote vantage point of NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft to shoot a sequence of images that will help to help answer that question.
Published Jul 22, 2008
These iconic photos are not new, but their message never gets old.
Published Dec 24, 2018
Cameras on a lunar orbiter and some clever image processing techniques led to a new take on a historic image of the Earth and Moon.
Published Dec 25, 2015
As the spacecraft headed into its last days, it sent back this image of Earth framed by Saturn’s rings.
Published Apr 29, 2017
Sixteen operating satellites monitor Earth. Four more are scheduled to launch in 2014.
Published Jul 5, 2013
From one million miles away, the DSCOVR satellite returned its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth.
Published Jul 21, 2015
After arriving in its final orbit, DSCOVR will monitor the solar wind and send back epic views of Earth’s full sunlit disk.
Published Feb 13, 2015
This image shows Earth and the Moon from six million miles away.
Published Sep 1, 2011
The Curiosity rover on Mars looked up and saw home on the horizon.
Published Mar 9, 2014
A powerful telescope on a satellite orbiting Mars turned its gaze back on Earth.
Published Jan 21, 2017
The spacecraft captured images of parts of Mercury’s surface that planetary scientists had never seen.
Published Jan 22, 2008
When the DSCOVR mission was conceived in the late 1990s, one of the central ideas was to provide daily, natural-color views of the entire Earth so that everyday citizens could see it. Seventeen years later, we have that view.
Published Oct 23, 2015
After waiting out a thunderstorm, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite rocketed off the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 5:32 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 18, 2009. This photograph captures the pair of spacecraft as they were lifting off.
Published Jun 20, 2009
Long before man journeyed to the moon and looked back at the tiny, fragile planet that houses humanity, lunar orbiters were sending back pictures of home.
Published Nov 15, 2008
