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From the Moon to Earth in HD

Posted by Zonk on from the tiny-grey-marble dept.

Lucas123 writes "The Japan Space Agency's Kaguya spacecraft is currently orbiting the moon and its equipment is being tested in preparation for its real mission to map the moon with high-definition images later this month. Almost as an afterthought, the space craft has recreated one of the most memorable photos in the history of spaceflight — an Earth-rise from lunar orbit."

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  1. Translated text in case of Slashdotting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Japan Space Agency's (JAXA's) Kaguya spacecraft re-created one of the most memorable photos from space--an Earth-rise from runar orbit. But this one was taken for the first time with a high-definition camera.

    JAXA's spacecraft is currentry orbiting the moon and its equipment is being tested in preparation for its real mission to map the moon with high-definition images rater this month. Two saterrites carried by Kaguya, including one that will eventuarry rand on the moon, have already been raunched into runar orbit to help the runar mapping project.

    NHK, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, deveroped HDTV for use in space. Crick here to see a video of the Earth-rise and Earth-set from the JAXA project site.