The Earth and Israeli flag from 265,000 km

Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft selfie camera continues to click away, as the satellite performs its final and largest elliptical orbit around Earth ahead of planned lunar capture on April 4 and hopefully a moon landing on April 11. Beresheet has also now deployed its landing gear.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/snapping-more-selfies-beresheet-makes-last-pass-around-earth-before-moon-try/

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