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08-23-2016, 07:09 PM
50 years ago, a probe captured the first photo of Earth from the Moon
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The first image of the Earth from lunar orbit, as it was received by NASA and presented to the public.
Image: NASA
On August 23, 1966, NASA’S Lunar Orbiter 1 captured the very first images of the Earth from the Moon’s orbit.
Lunar Orbiter 1 was the first in a program of unmanned spacecraft whose primary mission was to map and recon**iter the lunar terrain in search of potential landing spots for the upcoming manned Apollo missions.
The 850-pound probe was launched on August 10, and — despite some difficulties with navigation and overheating — reached lunar orbit 92 hours later
On August 18, it began mapping the lunar surface with its twin onboard lenses. A wide-angle 80mm lens and narrow-angle 610mm lens simultaneously exposed images on a single roll of 70mm film, capturing medium- and high-resolution images as the craft zipped over the surface. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/the-earth-from-the-moon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The first image of the Earth from lunar orbit, as it was received by NASA and presented to the public.
Image: NASA
On August 23, 1966, NASA’S Lunar Orbiter 1 captured the very first images of the Earth from the Moon’s orbit.
Lunar Orbiter 1 was the first in a program of unmanned spacecraft whose primary mission was to map and recon**iter the lunar terrain in search of potential landing spots for the upcoming manned Apollo missions.
The 850-pound probe was launched on August 10, and — despite some difficulties with navigation and overheating — reached lunar orbit 92 hours later
On August 18, it began mapping the lunar surface with its twin onboard lenses. A wide-angle 80mm lens and narrow-angle 610mm lens simultaneously exposed images on a single roll of 70mm film, capturing medium- and high-resolution images as the craft zipped over the surface. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/the-earth-from-the-moon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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