1966: First view of Earth and the Moon together (ATS-1)

The Applications Technology Satellite (ATS-1) carried a black-and-white weather camera which transmitted the first full-disk Earth images from geosynchronous orbit. On Dec. 22, 1966, ATS-1 captured this image of Earth and the Moon together. ATS-1 was 22,300 miles from Earth and more than 270,000 from the Moon when the photo was taken.