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The First View Of Earth From The Moon: How A Forgotten 1966 Image Changed Space History

On August 23, 1966, NASA’s Lunar Orbiter 1 captured the very first photograph of Earth from the vicinity of the Moon, showing our planet as a delicate crescent rising above the lunar horizon. While the more famous Apollo 8 “Earthrise” image from 1968 ...
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First photograph of Earth taken from Moon's orbit turns 59

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First photograph of Earth taken from Moon's orbit turns 59 NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 captured the first photograph of Earth from lunar orbit on 23 August 1966, in an unplanned decision that ...