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A spacecraft just sped between Earth and the moon, en route to the deep solar system.

And as it zipped by the cratered lunar orb on Aug. 19, the European Space Agency’s Juice mission snapped views of the 21st-century space scene.

“Sometimes the journey is just as worthy as the destination,” ESA director Josef Aschbacher posted online. “As humankind embarked on the monumental first lunar-Earth flyby, @ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission captured a breathtaking glimpse of our natural satellite.”