Juice’s view of the Pale Blue Dot

During the second step of humankind’s first-ever lunar-Earth flyby, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission captured stunning views of its home planet. Juice took these images with its onboard monitoring cameras during the night of 20—21 August (CEST), around the time of its closest approach to Earth. This successful double flyby of the Moon and Earth has redirected Juice’s path through space to put it on course for a flyby of Venus in August 2025. The first image below was taken by...