November 22, 2024

NASA spacecraft at the moon snaps photo of Saturn from lunar orbit

LRO snapped the image on Oct. 13 using its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC). At the time, the spacecraft was about 56 miles (90 kilometers) above a lunar function dubbed Lacus Veris, or the Lake of Spring, according to a NASA statement.Related: Cassinis greatest hits: The spacecrafts finest images of SaturnThe image reveals the northern side of Saturns characteristic rings and more of the worlds northern hemisphere than the southern. (Image credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)LROCs cams were designed to study the moon, of course, so NASA had to control the spacecraft thoroughly to capture such a stunning image of Saturn.Although a comparable image of Jupiter was able to identify some of the leviathans biggest moons, LRO could not pull off the same task at Saturn.