First_View_of_Earth_from_Moon.jpg

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Description First View of Earth from Moon.jpg	English: 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 ]
Date	23 August 1966, 16:35
Source	http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001588.html Downloaded from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pingnews/289087808/
Author	NASA
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