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NavCam image animation from OSIRIS-REx’s Earth flyby

NavCam image animation from OSIRIS-REx’s Earth flyby
NavCam image animation from OSIRIS-REx’s Earth flyby OSIRIS-REx tested most of its instruments on Earth and the Moon following the 22 September 2017 Earth flyby. This animation includes 29 images of Earth taken between 21:08 and 22:43 on that day as OSIRIS-REx shifted to place the image of Earth in different places on the NavCam detector. NASA / GSFC / UA