Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Rosetta views a crescent Moon

Rosetta views a crescent Moon
Rosetta views a crescent Moon This image of the Moon was acquired with the OSIRIS narrow-angle camera (NAC) from a distance of 4.3 million kilometres on Sunday, 8 November at 3:10 UT. At the time, Rosetta was on its inbound trajectory for the mission's third and last Earth swingby, scheduled for 13 November 2009. ESA ©2009 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / RSSD / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA