NASA highlights spacecraft launched by SpaceX projected ‘in front of’ the Moon

NASA highlights spacecraft launched by SpaceX projected 'in front of' the Moon
NASA highlights spacecraft launched by SpaceX projected ‘in front of’ the Moon (Steven Madow / NASA – APOD)

In today’s ‘Astronomy Picture of the Day,’ on this second day of 2024, NASA highlighted the majestic cosmic ‘encounter’ of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy with the Moon.

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In the photo, captured by Steven Madow, the spacecraft from SpaceX, launched from the Kennedy Space Center by NASA, is featured with its exhaust plume illuminating the sky and projecting in front of the nearly full moon rising in the distance.

The carefully planned image not only showcased the impressive space technology of SpaceX but also the celestial beauty of Earth’s only natural satellite.

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