First Lunar Earthrise, Old and New
NASA/Ames Research Center/Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project
August 24, 2018
| Credit | NASA/Ames Research Center/Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project |
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| Historical Date | August 23, 1966 |
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On Aug. 23, 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 snapped the first photo of Earth as seen from lunar orbit. While a remarkable image at the time, the full resolution of the image was never retrieved from the mission's data. In 2008, this earthrise image was restored by the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project at NASA Ames Research Center.
