Postcards from Beresheet

March 29, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Video and images from the moon-bound Beresheet…

 

 

Sunrise from the spacecraft’s point of view – in the video Earth can be seen hiding the sun from the spacecraft and then exiting the same shadow created by the Earth and the sun’s exposure. This process creates a kind of sunrise image.


Selfie video from Beresheet

Cam6- Landing gear deployment

…and some more images from space

A photo of Earth taken by one of Beresheet’s perimeter cameras on 3/19 at 1:15 pm from a distance of 15,000 km.

Cam6- Selfie image 131,000 km from earth

Israel from a distance of 131,000 km

Cam6- Selfie image from 265,000 km from earth

 

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One Response to “Postcards from Beresheet”
  1. Adrian Jackson says:

    Its taking a long time to get to the Luna?

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