Author: Mickael Freitas
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First pictures taken flying by planet Mercury, Mariner 10
Mariner 10 was the first spacecraft to perform flybys of Mecury and return a series of images showing a very Moon-like surface with craters, ridges and chaotic terrain.
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A view of Venus during the first exploration to 2 planets: Mercury & Venus
This view of Venus was taken from 720,000km by Mariner 10’s television camera on February 6, 1974, one day after he spacecraft flew past Venus enroute to Mercury. The pictures were taken in invisible ultraviolet light.
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First lunar eclipse observed from deep space
Extremely rare photograph of the first lunar eclipse observed from deep space. The Apollo 15 spacecraft was about 200,000 km from Earth when the crew captured this truly out of this world view of a lunar eclipse from deep space (through the 80mm lens) that had never been witnessed by humans before.
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LM Eagle and Earthrise
After 21 hours on the surface, the LM Eagle with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on board rose to join Michael Collins in the orbiting CSM Columbia. As Eagle approached for docking, Collins witnessed the unique view of an Earthrise behind Eagle. He became the only person in history to capture a photograph showing every…
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Buzz Aldrin walking toward the horizon of the Sea of Tranquility
Buzz Aldrin walking toward the horizon of the Sea of Tranquility with experiment packages in both hands.
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A part of Neil Armstrong on the Moon
An extremely rare sighting of Neil Armstrong on the Moon walking out at left with the Solar Wind Collector and the Lunar Module in the background.
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Planet Earth rises above the lunar horizon
While the spacecraft orbits the Moon, the Earth emerges above the lunar horizon and appears in the window of the spacecraft. This is the third Earthrise witnessed by humans, during orbit 7.
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Receding full Moon after trans-Earth injection
A three-quarter view of the full Moon seen from the departing Apollo 10 spacecraft after the trans Earth injection.
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First human-taken photograph of the Planet Earth: cover of LIFE magazine
Apollo 8 marked the extraordinary moment in history when humans truly left their Home Planet for the very first time. William Anders, James Lovell and Frank Borman became the first human beings to see the Earth as a sphere hanging in space; a great milestone for human consciousness.
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The Earth’s disc as first photographed by humans
The photograph was taken by William Anders with the 80mm lens. North American Rockwell was NASA’s prime contractor and manufacturer of the Apollo Command Module.