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Published online 27 January 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050124-11
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Ion-drive probe snaps lunar pics
SMART-1 sends first images as it edges towards the Moon.
The European Space Agency probe SMART-1 has returned its first pictures of the Moon's surface.
"This image is the first proof that the camera is working well in lunar orbit," says Jean-Luc Josset of Space-X, the company in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, that built the probe's miniature camera.
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