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One-third of Earth's sphere as seen from Apollo 11 spacecraft
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One-third of Earth's sphere as seen from Apollo 11 spacecraft

AS11-44-6689 (16-24 July 1969) --- One-third of the Earth's sphere illuminated, Earth's terminator, sunglint, a portion of east Africa, as photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its first lunar landing mission. 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.

Date
1969-07-20
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"One-third of Earth's sphere as seen from Apollo 11 spacecraft" (1969-07-20). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/as11-44-6689

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