The recent total lunar eclipse was viewed by the Lucy probe, which was 64 million miles from the planet.
It didn't look like a blood moon from her point of view. Lucy captured the Earth on the left and the moon on the right in a two-second video. As the moon passes into the shadow of the planet, it can be seen as a bright spot that disappears out of sight.
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When the moon and sun line up on opposite sides of the Earth, a reddish color reflects off the moon's surface. According to the New York Times, the longest total lunar eclipse viewable from most of the United States in over 30 years occurred last weekend.
The three-hour video starts at 9:40 pm. May 15 and ending at 12:30 a.m. On May 16. The clip ends before the moon comes out.
Lucy was 70% of the way between the Earth and the sun. The Earth and moon are only 0.2 degrees apart from that space perch, according to the U.S. space agency.
In an illustration, the Lucy spacecraft passes one of the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. Credit: Southwest Research Institute
Lucy was launched by NASA in the fall of 2021.
Lucy is a mission that will study the origins of the solar system. The asteroids are thought to have been leftover from planet formations.
One asteroid in the solar system's main belt will be explored. The remnants of the early solar system are thought to be the latter. They are clustered in two places before and after Jupiter.
It is on its way to get a gravity assist. That tug will help propel it.
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