🚀🌍 Get ready to geek out on interstellar selfies! The China National Space Administration (CNSA) just dropped an unbelievable snapshot from its Tianwen-2 probe, showing the spacecraft striking a pose with our pale blue dot in the distance.
Taken by a monitoring camera on the probe's robotic arm, the image features the Five-Starred Red Flag and the probe's white return capsule floating against the vastness of space… with Earth shining brightly behind them. Talk about cosmic pride! 🤩
Right now, Tianwen-2 is cruising through deep space—about 43 million kilometers away from Earth and roughly 45 million kilometers from the asteroid 2016HO3. This mission is all about exploring that near-Earth rock up close and sending samples back home … and in the meantime, it's treating us to some killer space selfies.
For space enthusiasts, tech lovers, and anyone who's ever looked up at the night sky and wondered 'What's out there?', Tianwen-2's selfie is a brilliant reminder of humanity's drive to explore the unknown. Next stop: asteroid 2016HO3! 🪐
Reference(s):
cgtn.com
