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China's Tiandu-2 spacecraft captured this ethereal new infrared image of the Moon.

See that other little world floating in the background? That's Earth.

https://spacenews.com/chinas-queqiao-2-relay-satellite-ready-to-support-lunar-far-side-sample-mission/

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Tiandu-2 is part of a lunar communications network being set up to support China's upcoming Chang’e-6 lander. It will attempt to collect the first samples from the lunar farside, launching as soon as next month.

https://www.planetary.org/space-images/change-6-landing-site

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