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Studying Earth’s Gravity Field
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Studying Earth’s Gravity Field

The first image released from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), a joint NASA-German Aerospace Center mission, graphically illustrates the sensitivity of the mission’s twin spacecraft to changes in Earth’s gravity

Published Dec 11, 2002

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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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MESSENGER Views Mercury, Sends Earth a Postcard
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MESSENGER Views Mercury, Sends Earth a Postcard

The spacecraft captured images of parts of Mercury’s surface that planetary scientists had never seen.

Published Jan 22, 2008

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Earth’s Gravity Field
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Earth’s Gravity Field

The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) has released its first science product: the most accurate map yet of Earth’s gravity field.

Published Jul 30, 2003

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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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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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The Himalaya Plot
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The Himalaya Plot

Twin satellites detect tiny changes in Earth’s gravity field, which can tell us a lot about the mass of a mountain range and the movement of the ice on top of it.

Published Nov 15, 2018

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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Dark Side and the Bright Side
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The Dark Side and the Bright Side

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

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Earthshine and Climate
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Earthshine and Climate

Published Jun 1, 2004

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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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A View of Earth from Saturn
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A View of Earth from Saturn

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

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