Chang'E 2 15-kilometer flight over the Moon

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Credit: CNSA / tv.people.com.cn

On October 29, 2010, from an orbit altitude of only 15 kilometers, Chang'E 2 watches the surface of the Moon's Sinus Iridum pass swiftly by.

Original image data dated on or about October 29, 2010

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