2.3 day old moon
5.9 percent lit
April 6, 2019
By Page Szmodia
Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL (click here) successfully inserted its spacecraft, Beresheet, into the moon’s orbit yesterday—and they have the photos to prove it.
Late night the spacecraft’s moon-capture maneuver caught these stunning photos of the far side of the moon. One photo is a close up of the surface, taken at a height of 470 km. The other photo captures part of the far side of the moon with Earth in the background....
