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Collection:
NASA Solarsystem Collection
title:
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.

*Image Credit*: NASA
date:
08.23.1966
keywords:
Solar System Exploration
keywords:
SSE
keywords:
Space
keywords:
NASA
keywords:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
keywords:
JPL
keywords:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
keywords:
Planets
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Lunar Orbiter
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Madrid
facet_where:
Spain
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
United States of America
facet_when:
August 23, 1966
facet_when:
08-23-1966
facet_when_year:
1966
UID:
SPD-SLRSY-1757
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First View of Earth from Moon