Photo Credit – NASA
The banner on
this site has been created from one of the most iconic photos in modern history:
Earthrise as viewed from the Moon.
Image Credit: NASA/JSC
Published: June 28, 2018
Historical Date: July 20, 1969
This view from the Apollo 11 spacecraft
shows the Earth rising above the moon’s horizon. The lunar terrain pictured is
in the area of Smyth’s Sea on the nearside. Coordinates of the center of the
terrain are 85 degrees east longitude and 3 degrees north latitude. While
astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module
pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) “Eagle” to explore the Sea of
Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module
pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) “Columbia” in lunar
orbit.
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