Arthur Danskin
Corey S PowellThese days, spacecraft routinely come equipped with selfie-cams ("monitoring cameras"). The Juice probe took these snapshots as it bid farewell to Earth and set course for Jupiter & its moons. https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice/Juice_sends_first_selfies_from_space #Juice #Jupiter #ESA
Juice sends first ‘selfies’ from space
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has taken its first monitoring camera images showing part of the spacecraft with Earth as a stunning backdrop.The mission launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou on 14 April 14:14 CEST and the images were captured in the hours afterwards.