[meteorite-list] OT: Earth and Moon Image

From: walter branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:43 2004
Message-ID: <004d01c320d5$0e786540$87c89f44_at_l1s2m3>

Hi Al,

Clementine (I would love to hear how that one was named)
was a lunar mapping (and eventually lunar crashing) mission, so
an image of the earth-moon system together would have been
somewhat difficult.

The mission you are referring to was Galileo, which took
an image of the earth-moon while it was using an Earth
flyby as a gravitational boost enrout to Jupiter.

Here is the image:
http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journey-cruise.html

This one from Mars is the first taken from a spacecraft in orbit
around another planet.

Best wishes,

-Walter

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----- Original Message -----
From: "almitt" <almitt_at_kconline.com>
To: "walter branch" <branchw_at_bellsouth.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Earth and Moon Image


> Hi Walter and all,
>
> I can't remember the name of the spacecraft (Ron Baalke may know), but I
think it
> might have been clementine took a similar photo of the Earth and Moon
together, on its
> mission which has been a few years back now. Certainly wasn't as nice as
this recent
> photo though. Thanks for sharing it!!
>
> --AL
>
> walter branch wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > Take a look at this image of the earth and moon,
> > as captured by the Mars orbiting Mars Global
> > Surveyor. The first of it's kind.
> >
> > http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/22may_alienearth.htm?list863197
> >
> > -Walter
>
>
Received on Thu 22 May 2003 10:43:13 PM PDT