First Photo Of Earth
The first photo of Earth was taken on July 24, 1946, by a V-2 rocket launched from White Sands, New Mexico. The photo was part of a test of a…
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On July 20, 1976, Viking 1 sent the first photo of Mars from the surface of the planet. The photo was taken from a height of 7,591 miles (12,192 kilometers)…
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On July 20, 1969, U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. As part of the Apollo 11 mission, the two…
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