There were shots of a total lunar eclipse from space, 100 million km from Earth

NASA's Lucy mission successfully observed the May 2022 total lunar eclipse from a unique vantage point of 100 million

km) from Earth. The project is led by Dr. Hal Levison of the Southwest Research Institute.

For several hours from May 15 to May 16, the Earth threwshadow on the moon. This total lunar eclipse was visible from most of the United States, as well as from deep space. Even though the Lucy spacecraft was very far away, it could watch the Moon disappear into the Earth's shadow, disappearing from view. To do this, the probe used a high-resolution imaging tool.

The diagram shows the relative positions of the Earth, Sun, Moon, and spaceship Lucy during a lunar eclipse. Credit: Southwest Research Institute

Device "Lucy" L’LORRI, black and white cameraA high-resolution video camera created by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory took 861-ms exposures from 8:40 pm to 11:30 pm CDT on May 15 to create a time-lapse video of the first half of a total lunar eclipse.

“Although total lunar eclipses are not"It's rare—they happen every year or so—it's not that often you can see them from a whole new angle," Levison noted. “When the team realized that Lucy had the opportunity to observe this lunar eclipse as part of the instrument calibration process, everyone was incredibly excited.”

Space shuttle Lucy launched on October 162021. It is now heading towards Earth for a gravity assist maneuver that will take place on October 16, 2022, which will help it on its journey to the Trojan asteroids. 

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