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An ESA mission to the Moon: SMART-1's view of Earth

23 August

1966: On 23 August 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first photograph of Earth from the Moon.

The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo missions.

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