Image: XMM-Newton self-portraits with planet Earth

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 05:30 in Astronomy & Space

This series of images was taken 15 years ago, a couple of months after the launch of ESA's XMM-Newton space observatory. These unique views, showing parts of the spacecraft main body and solar wings, feature a guest of honour – Earth – which crosses the field of view from left to right, as the satellite slews across our planet.

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