Bruce Murray Space Image Library

OSIRIS-REx NavCam view of Earth and the Moon together

OSIRIS-REx NavCam view of Earth and the Moon together
OSIRIS-REx NavCam view of Earth and the Moon together This black-and-white image of the Earth-Moon system was captured on September 25, 2017 by the wide-angle NavCam 1 on OSIRIS-REx. At the time this image was taken, the spacecraft was retreating from Earth after performing an Earth Gravity Assist maneuver on September 22. Earth and the Moon are 401,200 kilometers apart, and the spacecraft is 1,297,000 kilometers from Earth and 1,185,000 kilometers from the Moon. NASA / GSFC / UA