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Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene Cernan looking like a boss on this lunar rover. Taken December 11, 1972
Apollo 17 mission commander Eugene Cernan looking like a boss on this lunar rover. Taken December 11, 1972
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft’s vantage point in orbit around the moon
“Ahhh so that’s what that amazing celestial event, that I totally couldn’t see, looked like!” – me every time
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly is spending a year in space and his daily stream of photos continue to inspire. This one is from day 180 and shows Italy at night, illuminated by the moon.
Gives new meaning to the word “moonlight”
The same side of the moon always faces Earth but this view was captured by a NASA satellite one million miles away.
He also had to fill out a travel voucher form for the historic mission.
The sky is no longer the limit. Check out the insane zoom on Nikon’s Coolpix P900 as it captures the moon in remarkable detail.
© Daniele Molineris / Red Bull Content Pool Luca Bertossio performs in a sailplane glider during the solar eclipse in Premariacco, Udine, Italy on March 20th 2015. The photograph was taken for Red Bull by Daniele Molineris. Red Bull athletes were out in full force for this most recent total solar eclipse. Check out…
An incredible timelapse shows the shadow of the moon during the total solar eclipse that occurred on March 20, 2015. This is the view as seen from the stratosphere, in a plane flying along the umbral path. The plane was flying at an altitude of 14,000 meters (46,000 ft) at a speed of 950…
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