Earthrise 1966
March 26th 2009 10:10amThe first photograph of Earthrise was taken in 1966 by NASA’s robotic probe Lunar Orbiter 1. After the Apollo manned lunar missions brought back better pictures, the original image and other priceless photographs stored on 2-inch tape were dumped into storage and forgotten. In the 70s, NASA hired Nancy Evans to look after their archives. [...]The first photograph of Earthrise was taken in 1966 by NASA’s robotic probe Lunar Orbiter 1After the Apollo manned lunar missions brought back better picturesthe original image and other priceless photographs stored on 2-inch tape were dumped into storage and forgottenIn the 70sNASA hired Nancy Evans to look after their archivesEvans was appalled that a lot of the space agency’s original data was regularly dumped to save on storage costs.
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