NASA Lucy Spacecraft Snaps Asteroid Donaldjohanson from 600 Miles Away

NASA's Lucy spacecraft captured close-up images of an asteroid formed about 150 million years ago.

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2025-4-25 22:09

The First-Ever Manned Spacecraft to Orbit Both Poles Films Them From World’s Largest Space Window

A crew of astronauts have become the first-ever people to orbit over Earth's north and south poles and they have done so with an incredible view thanks to the cupola installed on their spacecraft. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-4-2 19:51

Lunar Satellite Takes Photo of Blue Ghost Spacecraft on the Moon

After Blue Ghost successfully landed on the Moon at the beginning of March, it has now been spotted by an orbiting NASA spacecraft. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-3-13 13:46

Blue Ghost Spacecraft Captures Sunrise From its Position on the Moon

The Blue Ghost spacecraft which successfully stuck a lunar landing on Sunday has captured an epic sunrise photo from the Moon's perspective. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-3-4 16:40

Blue Ghost Spacecraft Captures Incredible Close-Up Video of the Moon

The Blue Ghost spacecraft captured a stunning close-up video of the moon with the Earth rising and setting behind.

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2025-2-27 17:38

Blue Ghost Spacecraft Captures Epic Video of Earth on its Way to the Moon

The Blue Ghost spacecraft that is soon to land on the Moon continues to capture jaw-dropping imagery from its position orbiting Earth, this time in the form of a spell-binding video. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-2-6 20:05

Moon-Bound Spacecraft Captures Beautiful Photo of Earth

A private spacecraft heading to the Moon has snapped an awesome photo of Earth -- showing the planet as a "blue marble" glowing against the vast emptiness of space. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2025-1-28 20:24

This Spacecraft Will Photograph a Sunset From the Moon

Humans have been photographing sunsets from Earth's perspective for hundreds of years but despite being the only other planetary-mass object people have ever gone to, nobody has photographed a sunset from the Moon. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-9-20 14:47

Private Spacecraft Snaps First Rendezvous Photo of Space Debris

Cue the anti-space litter campaigns. A satellite captured a historic photo of space debris during a new mission.

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2024-5-1 22:40

NASA Spacecraft Snaps Korean Orbiter Zipping Past It at 7,200 MPH

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute's Danuri lunar orbiter crossed paths recently, and the former managed to snap a photo of the latter zipping past it at the relative velocity of 7,200 miles per hour. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-4-11 17:56

NASA Spacecraft’s First Photo of an Asteroid Reveals a Surprise

NASA's Lucy mission, the first mission to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, returned photos from its first encounter earlier this month. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-11-17 21:45

How to Watch NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Arrive Back on Earth This Weekend

NASA's historic Orion spacecraft will splash down into the ocean off the coast of California on Sunday.

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2022-12-9 21:02

Orion Spacecraft Snaps Close Flyby Photo of the Moon on its Way Home

The Orion spacecraft captured this incredible photo as it passed by the Moon on its way home back to Earth.

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2022-12-7 00:12

Orion Spacecraft Takes Celestial Selfies as it Sails Past the Moon

The Orion spacecraft sent back a series of selfies and photos of Earth just before it sailed past the Moon today.

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2022-11-22 21:51

How to Watch NASA Slam Its DART Spacecraft Into an Asteroid Tonight

NASA is set to intentionally crash its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos tonight, and thanks to a , viewers on earth will be able to watch the first-ever planetary defense test in through a dedicated livestream. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-9-27 19:24

Camera Satellite Will Record DART Spacecraft’s Impact with an Asteroid

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is the world's first planetary defense test mission and it has deployed a smaller "mini photographer" spacecraft that will record all of the details of its planned impact with an asteroid. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-9-18 23:11

NASA Ingenuity Helicopter Captures Spacecraft Wreckage on Mars

The Mars helicopter drone Ingenuity has captured aerial photos of some of the used Perseverance landing gear. NASA says this detailed aerial perspective could provide valuable insights for future missions. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-4-29 17:59

Juno spacecraft photographs Jupiter and two of its moons in a single stunning image

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a stunning view of Jupiter's southern hemisphere during the spacecraft's 39th fly-by of the planet on January 12, 2022. The image is beautiful at first glance, but when you look closer, you can see two of Jupiter's moons, Io and Europa. dpreview.com »

2022-3-24 18:28

Juno Spacecraft Captures Jupiter, Io, and Europa in the Same Photo

NASA has shared an absolutely breathtaking photograph of Jupiter and two of its moons Io and Europa, recently captured by the Juno Spacecraft. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-3-21 23:13

NASA Begins Assembly of the Spacecraft that Will Photograph Europa

NASA has announced that it has begun to assemble the Europa Clipper, an SUV-sized spacecraft that will sport solar arrays large enough to span a basketball court. It is scheduled to be sent off on its task to image Jupiter's icy moon in 2024. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-3-5 21:01

ESA Spacecraft to Be First to Intercept a ‘New’ Comet for a Photo Shoot

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a new mission that will have the goal of intercepting a comet with a special composite spacecraft in order to shoot photos of it. Called “Comet Interceptor,” the spacecraft “will be the first spacecraft to visit a truly pristine comet or other interstellar object that is only just […] petapixel.com »

2019-6-21 21:18

Israeli Spacecraft Snaps Selfie Before Crashing Onto the Moon

The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet, the first privately funded Moon mission, crashed onto the lunar surface yesterday, but not before successfully taking this selfie with the Moon in the background. Beresheet was sent to the moon to shoot photos with high-resolution cameras and conduction experiments, but it appears the main engine failed while the spacecraft attempted […] petapixel.com »

2019-4-13 20:49

China shares the first photo captured on the far side of the Moon

Photo captured and shared by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has landed its Chang'e 4 spacecraft on the far side of the moon and sent back a photo captured from the surface. dpreview.com »

2019-1-4 19:56

21 spectacular photos from Saturn: A photographic ode to Cassini

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2017-9-16 00:08

NASA's photo of the day shows Orion spacecraft under construction

How do you get the crew compartment of a spacecraft down to 880 pounds? By shaving away the other 11,120 pounds, of course.

2017-5-3 20:02