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First View of Earth from Moon

Description: 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.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: SPD-SLRSY-1757

Date: August 23, 1966

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Taken on August 23, 1966