A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket snapped a pretty special in-space selfie on Monday (Oct. 7). The shot, captured during the launch of the European Space Agency 's Hera asteroid -inspecting mission, shows a gorgeous blue Earth hanging in space beside the nozzle of the Falcon 9 's upper-stage Merlin engine.

Hera launched Oct. 7 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a mission to study the asteroid that NASA's DART spacecraft smashed into in September 2022.