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The world's first view of Earth as released to the public taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was transmitted to Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I.

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A newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966. Using refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA produced the image at a much higher resolution than was possible when it was originally taken.

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Keith Cowing and Dennis Wingo hosted a Webcast on the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) at the NASA Ames Research Park on December 10, 2009. View the video here.

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