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Andrew Jones

Japan's Resilience moon lander views Earth's most remote region from orbit (photo)

Earth floats in space.

The second lunar lander from Japanese space exploration company ispace snapped a stunning image of the Earth as it prepares for its journey to the moon.

ispace's Resilience lander launched on Jan. 15 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, sharing the ride with Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander. Resilience is still in orbit around the Earth and is gradually raising its orbit ready to shoot for the moon. The lander's energy-efficient path will see Resilience attempt to set down in Mare Frigoris ("Sea of Cold") in the northern hemisphere of the moon in around four months from now.

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