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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has released a massive data trove from the Kaguya spacecraft, revealing breathtaking views of our home planet as seen from the moon.
While the footage was captured nearly a decade ago, JAXA has now made available more than 600 images and videos taken by the craft’s 2.2 megapixel HDTV sensors.
Kaguya was the largest of three spacecraft in the Selene mission, which orbited the moon between October 2007 and June 2009 – and along with stunning images of the lunar surface, it captured the first footage of an ‘Earth-rise’ and ‘Earth-set.’
The release comes more than seven years after the spacecraft’s planned impact on the surface of the moon, according to the Planetary Society.
Many were previously withheld due to lens flares and other factors considered to be imperfections on the images.
But now, the agency has released the entire set, as the data acquired over 21 months orbiting the moon are ‘of high scientific value.’
These can be accessed through the Kaguya HDTV Data Publication System website.
Kaguya’s objectives were focused on obtaining scientific data of the lunar origin and evolution, according to JAXA.
The orbiter circled the moon between October 2007 and June 2009.
The mission was equipped with a main orbiting satellite at an altitude of roughly 100km, nicknamed Kaguya for a lunar princess in ancient Japanese folklore, along with two small satellites in polar orbit.
Kaguya terminated its mission in 2009 through a planned impact with the moon.
It first dropped down to about 50km starting on February 1, 2009, and later descended to 10-30km in lower altitude as of April 16 2009.
On June 10, 2009, it made impact with the south-east region, on the near side of the moon
While the footage was captured nearly a decade ago, JAXA has now made available more than 600 images and videos taken by the craft’s 2.2 megapixel HDTV sensors.
Kaguya was the largest of three spacecraft in the Selene mission, which orbited the moon between October 2007 and June 2009 – and along with stunning images of the lunar surface, it captured the first footage of an ‘Earth-rise’ and ‘Earth-set.’
The release comes more than seven years after the spacecraft’s planned impact on the surface of the moon, according to the Planetary Society.
Many were previously withheld due to lens flares and other factors considered to be imperfections on the images.
But now, the agency has released the entire set, as the data acquired over 21 months orbiting the moon are ‘of high scientific value.’
These can be accessed through the Kaguya HDTV Data Publication System website.
Kaguya’s objectives were focused on obtaining scientific data of the lunar origin and evolution, according to JAXA.
The orbiter circled the moon between October 2007 and June 2009.
The mission was equipped with a main orbiting satellite at an altitude of roughly 100km, nicknamed Kaguya for a lunar princess in ancient Japanese folklore, along with two small satellites in polar orbit.
Kaguya terminated its mission in 2009 through a planned impact with the moon.
It first dropped down to about 50km starting on February 1, 2009, and later descended to 10-30km in lower altitude as of April 16 2009.
On June 10, 2009, it made impact with the south-east region, on the near side of the moon
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