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Indian Space Agency Releases First Photos of Earth Taken by Its Lunar Mission

© REUTERS / Indian Space Research OrganisationIndia's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III-M1 blasts off carrying Chandrayaan-2 from the Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, India, July 22, 2019
India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III-M1 blasts off carrying Chandrayaan-2 from the Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, India, July 22, 2019 - Sputnik International
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The spacecraft is still travelling farther from our planet, as it needs to traverse 384,000 km in its journey to the Moon.

India's Chandrayaan-2 mission has taken several photos of Earth from space that were published by scientists on Sunday. The footage shows rare pictures of the Pacific Ocean, as well as of North and South America.

New Delhi successfully launched the Chandrayaan-2 mission on 22 July. It consists of an orbiter, lander, and rover, and is scheduled to land on the moon after a 48-days-travel – on 7 September 2019.

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