The Mars Curiosity Rover isn’t the only lunar explorer that knows how to take a selfie these days.
The first of its kind—the Rosetta Spacecraft was designed to orbit and land on a comet in outer-space. This mission, which was launched by the European Space Agency in 2004, has finally approached the comet it was set to land on, and was at a distance of approximately 50 kilometers away from the comet when the selfie was snapped.
A special camera onboard Rosetta’s Philae Lander called CIVA (Comet Nucleus Infrared and Visible Analyzer) captured the image above using multiple exposures to bring out the fine details in both the comet and spacecraft.
Come November, the Rosetta Spacecraft will deploy its Philae Lander and attempt history’s first comet landing.
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