On Sept. 13, 2007, Japan launched the Kaguya spacecraft on a mission to the moon. Discover more space history 👉 https://trib.al/KILuGhq Formally known as SELENE, which is short for SELenological and ENgineering Explorer, it was Japan's second moon mission. Kaguya launched from Tanegashima Space Center on a Japanese H-2A rocket and looped around the Earth twice before heading to the moon. It carried 14 science instruments and two microsatellites to map the moon's surface and study its gravitatio

Earthrise captured by Japanese spacecraft Kaguya while orbiting the moon #moon #NASA #space #astronomy | Nikola Sagan