The mission aims to collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and explore the main-belt comet 311P.

Since then, the vehicle—equipped with 16 cameras on its exterior and interior—has flown by the lunar surface and captured various stunning images of both the moon and Earth.

Intuitive Machines successfully transmitted its first IM-1 mission images to Earth on February 16, 2024. The images were captured shortly after separation from @SpaceX's second stage on ...

See Earth's ancient companion like never before with this gallery of incredible satellite, telescope and lunar orbiter images of the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Earthrise. In December 1968, three astronauts were orbiting the moon to test systems in preparation for the Apollo 11 landing. When they saw Earth rise over the lunar horizon, they knew this was ...

The moon is located another approximately 239,000 miles. The image shows some dark lunar maria, expansive dark plains of ...

Why do pictures of Earth taken from the Moon show a black sky with no stars? Can the stars only be seen with an atmosphere? Farris W. Bruce Hesperia, California.