File:First view of Earth from Moon.jpg
First_view_of_Earth_from_Moon.jpg (640 × 254 pixels, file size: 31 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
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.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Lunar Orbiter 1 @ Wikipedia
Attribution:
By NASA - http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001588.htmlDownloaded from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pingnews/289087808/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2686367
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 16:03, 8 January 2017 | | 640 × 254 (31 KB) | Admin (talk | contribs) | The '''Lunar Orbiter 1''' robotic (unmanned) spacecraft, part of the Lunar Orbiter Program, was the first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon. It was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification o... |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage
The following 5 pages use this file:
