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The photo was captured by astronaut Don Pettit on January 29 when the ISS was about 265 miles above the Pacific Ocean. It was taken a moment before sunrise while the Earth was still in darkness.

The privately-owned lander turned its cameras toward Earth as our planet cast its shadow over the moon. It’s not the first spacecraft to do so.

The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...