Indeed this is exactly what New Horizons did very recently. After shooting past Pluto, the probe spun around to view it with the sun behind it. http://pluto.jhu

Indeed this is exactly what New Horizons did very recently. After shooting past Pluto, the probe spun around to view it with the sun behind it. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Science-Photos/image.php?gallery_id=2&image_id=238 http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Science-Photos/image.php?...