COLLECTION NAME:
LOIRP Image Gallery
Record
Title:
Lunar Orbiter 1
Creator:
NASA
Description:
The world's first view of Earth as released to the public 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. Photo Credit: NASA / LOIRP
Date:
11/13/08
Identifier:
289764main_GPN-2000-001588_full
MediaType:
Image
Year:
2008
What:
Earth
What:
Moon
What:
Lunar Orbiter
What:
Lunar Orbiter 1
Where:
United States of America
Where:
Spain
