On this day - 23 August
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
First image of Earth taken from the Moon's orbit
The Lunar Orbiter 1 was the first American spacecraft to orbit the moon. It's goal was to photograph the surface of the moon, looking for smooth spots that could be potential landing sites for future missions such as the Apollo missions. During its mission, it also took the first photo of the Earth from within the Moon's orbit.
Lunar Orbiter 1 took 229 photos during its mission but some of these had reasonably extensive issues with smearing.
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