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Smile! A spacecraft just caught you — and everyone else on our planet — on camera while snapping a selfie. China’s Tianwen 2 spacecraft took a picture of itself, as well as the Earth, while en route to a mysterious asteroid. The image, released Wednesday (Oct. 1), also shows the Chinese flag on the side of the China National Space …

China’s Tianwen 2 probe has captured striking pictures of home as it heads out to a near-Earth asteroid to collect samples. Tianwen 2 launched from Xichang on a Long March 3B rocket on May 28 and is en route to the enigmatic asteroid Kamo’oalewa. But shortly after departure, the spacecraft took the opportunity to test out its cameras. The China …