Asteroid probe snaps Mother Earth following successful fly-by

said braka 10:07 PM
On September 22, NASA's OSIRIS-

REx spacecraft successfully completed a gravity assist flyby with Earth, which has set the probe on a course to rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu next year. At its closest point, OSIRIS-REx flew within 10,711 miles (17,237 km) of Earth's surface, and has captured some stunning imagery in the days following its vital pass.
OSIRIS-Rex was launched in September 2016 on an ambitious seven-year mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth for detailed analysis. While the Atlas V 411 rocket was powerful enough to lift the 2.3 ton (2 tonne) spacecraft out of Earth's atmosphere and send it on its way, the probe still needed a little extra help from Earth's gravity if it hoped to rendezvous with its target.