First View of Earth from Moon

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NASA

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The world's first view of Earth taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was transmitted to Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I and received at the NASA tracking station at Robledo De Chavela near Madrid, Spain. This crescent of the Earth was photographed August 23, 1966 at 16:35 GMT when the spacecraft was on its 16th orbit and just about to pass behind the Moon.
Reference Numbers: Center: HQ
Center Number: 67-H-218
GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001588

See Here → Processed IMAGE (November 2008)

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/opinion/19wed3.html

[ also → https://www.space.com/12707-earth-photo-moon-nasa-lunar-orbiter-1-anniversary.html ]

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