Final Glimpses: Last Images Captured by Ill-Fated Space Probes

This article showcases the last images captured by various space probes before their dramatic endings. From the DART asteroid-smashing probe's collision with a moonlet to the Luna-25 lander's crash on the Moon, and from Cassini's plunge into Saturn to Opportunity's final glimpse of the Sun through a dust storm on Mars, these images provide a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made for scientific exploration. The article also highlights the last image taken by MESSENGER before crashing into Mercury, the short-lived Huygens probe's images of Titan's surface, and the first color images from Venera 13 on Venus. The Voyager probes, still on their one-way journey out of the solar system, captured a famous image of Earth as a "pale blue dot" before shutting down their cameras.