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The '''Lunar Orbiter 1''' robotic (unmanned) spacecraft, part of the Lunar Orbiter Program, was the first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon.
Nonfiction: The world's first view of Earth taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was transmitted to Earth by [[Lunar Orbiter 1 (nonfiction)|Lunar Orbiter 1]] and received at the NASA tracking station at Robledo De Chavela near Madrid, Spain.


It was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions. It was also equipped to collect selenodetic, radiation intensity, and micrometeoroid impact data.
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.


The spacecraft was placed in an Earth parking orbit on August 10, 1966, at 19:31 UTC.
Reference Numbers: Center: HQ Center Number: 67-H-218 GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001588


The spacecraft experienced a temporary failure of the Canopus star tracker (probably due to stray sunlight) and overheating during its cruise to the Moon. The star tracker problem was resolved by navigating using the Moon as a reference, and the overheating was abated by orienting the spacecraft 36 degrees off-Sun to lower the temperature.
See [[Lunar Orbiter 1 (nonfiction)]].
 
The spacecraft was tracked until it impacted the lunar surface on command at 7 degrees north latitude, 161 degrees east longitude (selenographic coordinates) on the Moon's far side on October 29, 1966, on its 577th orbit. The early end of the nominal one-year mission was due to the small amount of remaining attitude control gas and other deteriorating conditions and was planned to avoid transmission interference with Lunar Orbiter 2.


== In the News ==
== In the News ==


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File:Lunar orbiter 1.jpg|link=Lunar Orbiter 1 (nonfiction)|[[Lunar Orbiter 1 (nonfiction)|Lunar Orbiter 1]] proud to take the first picture of the earth from around the moon.
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)]]
* [[Lunar Orbiter 1 (nonfiction)]]


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Nonfiction: The world's first view of Earth taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was transmitted to Earth by Lunar Orbiter 1 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 Lunar Orbiter 1 (nonfiction).

In the News

  • Lunar Orbiter 1 proud to take the first picture of the earth from around the moon.

    Lunar Orbiter 1 proud to take the first picture of the earth from around the moon.

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links:

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