On this day (night actually 😉 ): 3 July 2003, ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft was pointed backwards to obtain a view of the Earth-Moon system from a distance of 8 million km while on its way to Mars. This image is the first picture of planetary objects obtained by the Mars Express’s High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC). See http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2003/07/Mars_Express_Earth-Moon_image2
On this day (night actually 😉 ): 3 July 2003, ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft was pointed backwards to obtain a view of the Earth-Moon system from a distance of 8 million km while on its way to Mars. This image is the first picture of planetary objects obtained by the Mars Express’s High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC). See http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2003/07/Mars_Express_Earth-Moon_image2