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Earth and Moon from Mars
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Earth and Moon from Mars

A powerful telescope on a satellite orbiting Mars turned its gaze back on Earth.

Published Jan 21, 2017

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Earthrise Reimagined
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Earthrise Reimagined

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

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Earth and Moon from Mercury
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Earth and Moon from Mercury

Looking back from its orbit around Mercury, MESSENGER captured this view of Earth and the Moon on May 6, 2010.

Published Sep 9, 2010

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Earth and Moon as Viewed from Mars
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Earth and Moon as Viewed from Mars

This is one of the first images of Earth taken from another planet that actually shows our home as a planetary disk.

Published May 23, 2003

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An Eagle Takes Off for Home
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An Eagle Takes Off for Home

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

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A Cubic View of Earth
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A Cubic View of Earth

The MarCO-B CubeSat snapped its first photo on May 9, 2018, and caught a glance of home.

Published May 28, 2018

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Right Here, Right Now
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Right Here, Right Now

OSIRIS-REx took a look back at home while making its way toward the asteroid Bennu.

Published Dec 31, 2017

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No Longer Just for Astronauts
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No Longer Just for Astronauts

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

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Getting a Little Boost from Home
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Getting a Little Boost from Home

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

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Views of a Distant Earth
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Views of a Distant Earth

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

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All of You on the Good Earth
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All of You on the Good Earth

These iconic photos are not new, but their message never gets old.

Published Dec 24, 2018

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An EPIC New View of Earth
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An EPIC New View of Earth

From one million miles away, the DSCOVR satellite returned its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth.

Published Jul 21, 2015

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Looking Back Across a Sea of Black
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Looking Back Across a Sea of Black

A spacecraft looked homeward while making its way to the asteroid Bennu.

Published Nov 22, 2018

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The Six Million-Mile View of Earth and Moon
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The Six Million-Mile View of Earth and Moon

This image shows Earth and the Moon from six million miles away.

Published Sep 1, 2011

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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Earth
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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Earth

The Curiosity rover on Mars looked up and saw home on the horizon.

Published Mar 9, 2014

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Earth and the Moon
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Earth and the Moon

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

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To the Moon! Lunar Missions Successfully Launch
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To the Moon! Lunar Missions Successfully Launch

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

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Up, Up, and Away for DSCOVR
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Up, Up, and Away for DSCOVR

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

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