First ever photo of spacecraft in Mars space?

[dreada5]

As someone was saying in another thread, its a pretty cool photo! <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /><br /><br />Just wondering if Rosetta is the first spacecraft in Mars space to capture an image of <b>itself</b> or first spacecraft ever, for that matter, to snap a self-portrait outside of Earth orbit?<br /><br />http://www.esa.int/images/CIVA_Mars_30_H.jpg<br />

 

[tohaki]

I don't know, but it is the first I have seen.

 

[llivinglarge]

I'm not sure, I think Venera might have the honor for landers. But I have no idea about space self portraits.

 

[3488]

Try this link.<br /><br />Mars Global Surveyor images Mars Odyssey & the ESA Mars Express in Mars orbit.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>But I have no idea about space self portraits.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Strictly speaking, Rosetta did not take the picture; the Philae lander did. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> I think this may be the first portrait of a mothership by a lander/impactor, though. Cassini imaged Huygens, but I don't recall any time it's been done the other way around. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Hi CalliArcale. It is true, Cassini did image Huygens post release.<br /><br />Also Deep Impact imaged the impactor post release, as did Mars Express with Beagle 2.<br /><br />Not to mention Mars Pathfinder imaging Sojourner & also the other way around, in Ares Vallis on Mars.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[rocketman5000]

We have enough relics on Mars to start a nice size Museum!!! Lets hear it for the Martian Air and Space Museum.

 

[rocketman5000]

We have enough relics on Mars to start a nice size Museum!!! Lets hear it for the Martian Air and Space Museum.

 

[dreada5]

Yeah I was just checking if you guys knew your stuff! <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />Seriously, that webpage called "MGS Sees Mars Odyssey and Mars Express" is pretty impressive. But this Rosetta shot is far <b>*sharper*</b> than anything I think we've seen to date!<br /><br />I think if you replaced Mars with a backdrop of Earth, you'd think that was taken from ISS or something.<br /><br />It's definitely my wallpaper for the week!<br /><br />http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_070226.html<br /><br /><br />