NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 captured the first photograph of Earth from lunar orbit on 23 August 1966, in an unplanned decision that produced one of space exploration's most iconic images. The spacecraft ...
On 23 August 1966, NASA captured the first photograph of the Earth as seen from a lunar orbit by its unmanned Lunar Orbiter 1 probe. This spacecraft had been launched on 10 August 1966 with a very ...