COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Solarsystem Collection
Record
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:
JPL
facet_what:
Earth
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_when:
08-23-1966
facet_when_year:
1966
UID:
SPD-SLRSY-1757
