See the most detailed photos yet of Mars' little moon.
of Mars' little moonThe United Arab Emirates' Amal spacecraft flew within 62 miles of Deimos last month and the close-up shots were released Monday. Amal — Arabic for Hope — got a two-for-one when Mars photobombed some of the images. It was the closest a spacecraft has been to Deimos in almost a half-century.
The spacecraft also observed the little explored far side of the odd-shaped, cratered moon, just 9 miles by 7 miles by 7 miles . Mars’ other moon, Phobos, is almost double that size and better understood since it orbits much closer to Mars — just 3,700 miles away, the closest of any planet’s moon in our solar system.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.
Deimos' orbit around Mars stretches 14,000 miles out. That's close to the inner part of the spacecraft's orbit — “which is what made observing Deimos such a compelling idea,” said the mission's lead scientist Hessa al-Matroushi. NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission is set to blast off on Monday with new megarocket technology and galactic ambitions. The goal is to start creating a sustainable way station at the moon that will allow us to explore Mars and go deeper into space.U.S. & World
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