[petuniasevan]

Voyager 1 view (1979)

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Nozomi (Japanese mission to Mars) view:

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Earth as seen from 3.7 billion miles away by the Voyager 1 spacecraft, 6/6/1990.

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If you're interested, the Japanese NOZOMI mission to Mars is still on. They launched in 1998 but had a communications breakdown.

Nozomi was originally supposed to enter orbit around Mars on 11 October 1999. However, the spacecraft used more propellant than originally planned in an Earth swingby maneuver on 21 December 1998 . This left the spacecraft with insufficient acceleration to complete its nominal trajectory to Mars. A new trajectory was implemented whereby Nozomi will remain in heliocentric orbit for an additional four years and then reach Mars in December 2003.

[petuniasevan]

[Brad’s Gramma]

A bump for my Brad! He's going to LOVE this picture!!

Thanks for doing this, so faithfully every day.

[RightWhale]

I knew the MGS image would make APOD pretty soon. It's thought-provoking.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

The Voyager 1 pic is verrrry thought-provoking! Excellent!

[Joan912]

So cool!

[~EagleNebula~]

OOOOOooooOOOOOOhhhhHHHHH! AAAAaaaaaAAAAAhhhhhhHHHHH! Thank you!!! It is great to come home at 12 am, slide into my chair behind my iMac, and open up the beauties you place here!!! I look forward to coming home and checking.... I just don't always have the time to comment! Many thanks!