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[Lunar Orbiter V] The historic first photograph of the near full Earth from lunar orbit. NASA, 8 August 1967. Printed 1967. Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper [NASA image LRC V-27H2]. 25.4×20.3 cm (10×8 in), blank on the verso.
Literature: Moon: Man’s Greatest Adventure, Thomas, ed., pg. 143; Exploring Space with a Camera (NASA SP-168), Cortright, ed., pg. 115.
A very important early photograph of the Earth, belonging to the very rare club of Earth photographs taken by the Lunar Orbiters.
As most Americans slept in the predawn hours of August 8, 1967, NASA’s Lunar Orbiter V spacecraft trained its telephoto lens on the sunlit side of the Earth and made this first photograph of the nearly full Planet from 214,806 miles away. Lunar Orbiter V was about 3,640 miles above the surface of the Moon. The area of the Earth covered extends from 14° W longitude to the eastern terminator about 135° E longitude, a total of about 150° or approximately 5/6 of the full hemisphere. It will provide scientists with additional information on the amount of light reflected by a nearly full-Earth. (from NASA caption). “To the philosopher, this picture is close to man’s soul, since it allows him to look back upon his own world, and thus fosters the feeling of man’s emancipation from the bounds of Earth. Perhaps to most of us the interest is due to human vanity, which dictates that self-portraits are always the best portraits.” Lee Scherer, Lunar Orbiter program manager (Cortright, p. 114).
Condition Report:Very minor irregularities of the glossy surface of print in the black sky of space at bottom left, otherwise excellent condition.
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[Lunar Orbiter V] The historic first photograph of the near full Earth from lunar orbit. NASA, 8 August 1967. Printed 1967. Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper [NASA image LRC V-27H2]. 25.4×20.3 cm (10×8 in), blank on the verso.
Literature: Moon: Man’s Greatest Adventure, Thomas, ed., pg. 143; Exploring Space with a Camera (NASA SP-168), Cortright, ed., pg. 115.
A very important early photograph of the Earth, belonging to the very rare club of Earth photographs taken by the Lunar Orbiters.
As most Americans slept in the predawn hours of August 8, 1967, NASA’s Lunar Orbiter V spacecraft trained its telephoto lens on the sunlit side of the Earth and made this first photograph of the nearly full Planet from 214,806 miles away. Lunar Orbiter V was about 3,640 miles above the surface of the Moon. The area of the Earth covered extends from 14° W longitude to the eastern terminator about 135° E longitude, a total of about 150° or approximately 5/6 of the full hemisphere. It will provide scientists with additional information on the amount of light reflected by a nearly full-Earth. (from NASA caption). “To the philosopher, this picture is close to man’s soul, since it allows him to look back upon his own world, and thus fosters the feeling of man’s emancipation from the bounds of Earth. Perhaps to most of us the interest is due to human vanity, which dictates that self-portraits are always the best portraits.” Lee Scherer, Lunar Orbiter program manager (Cortright, p. 114).
Condition Report:Very minor irregularities of the glossy surface of print in the black sky of space at bottom left, otherwise excellent condition.
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