{"id":269432,"date":"2025-08-20T01:02:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=902546"},"modified":"2025-08-20T01:02:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:02:38","slug":"nasas-psyche-captures-images-of-earth-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=269432","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Psyche Captures Images of Earth, Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NASA\u2019s Psyche captured images of Earth and our Moon from about 180 million miles (290 kilometers) away in July 2025, as it calibrated its imager instrument. When choosing targets for the imager testing, scientists look for bodies that shine with reflected sunlight, just as the asteroid Psyche does.<\/div>\n
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Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking homeward.<\/em><\/p>\n

On schedule for its 2029 arrival at the asteroid Psyche, NASA\u2019s Psyche spacecraft recently looked back toward home and captured images of Earth and our Moon from about 180 million miles (290 million kilometers) away. The images were obtained during one of the mission team\u2019s periodic checkouts of the spacecraft\u2019s science instruments.<\/p>\n

On July 20 and July 23, the spacecraft\u2019s twin cameras captured multiple long-exposure (up to 10-second) pictures of the two bodies, which appear as dots sparkling with reflected sunlight amid a starfield in the constellation Aries.<\/p>\n

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