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First movie of Earth from space made without a human camera operator (contrast to Titov's 1961 movie) [35] April 24, 1967 [36] Surveyor 3: First images and view of a sunset and sunrise over Earth at the same time, a solar eclipse by Earth (a celestial body other than the Moon), from the Moon's surface. [37] [38] April 30, 1967
Escape stage exploded during Trans-Venus injection; Some pieces re-entered and others remained in Earth orbit — — Venera 9: 4V-1 No. 660: Orbiter and Lander: 8 June 1975: 22 October 1975: 53: Sent back the first (black and white) images of Venus' surface. Landed within a 150-kilometre (93 mi) radius of 31.01° N, 291.64° E.
In 2007, the Venus Express mission confirmed the presence of lightning on Venus, finding that it is more common on Venus than it is on Earth. [35] [36] MESSENGER passed by Venus twice on its way to Mercury. The first time, it flew by on October 24, 2006, passing 3000 km from Venus. As Earth was on the other side of the Sun, no data was recorded ...
Astronauts take hundreds of stunning photos from the International Space Station.. This year's best snapshots reveal both Earth and space in glorious detail. Check out astronauts' views of ...
The EnVision Venus explorer will study that planet in unprecedented detail, from inner core to the top of its atmosphere, to help astronomers understand why the hot, toxic world didn’t turn out ...
Venus Express was also used to observe signs of life on Earth from Venus orbit. In images acquired by the probe, Earth was less than one pixel in size, which mimics observations of Earth-sized planets in other planetary systems. These observations were then used to develop methods for habitability studies of exoplanets. [24]
Archaeologists say they have found the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical accounts with declassified images from US spy satellites.
[6] [7] Color images taken by the Soviet Venera probes suggest that the sky on Venus is orange. [8] If the Sun could be seen from Venus's surface, the time from one sunrise to the next (a solar day) would be 116.75 Earth days. Because of Venus's retrograde rotation, the Sun would appear to rise in the west and set in the east. [9]