The world was introduced to the very first photograph from space on 24th October 1946, a shot of earth taken 65 miles above the planet. The iconic image was captured by a V-2 rocket, designed to capture a frame every 1.5 seconds prior to delivering a steel cassette of film back to the ground just minutes after it launched. Here are some of the rare, unseen NASA photographs revealing the vintage beauty of outer space:
October 24, 1946, The first photograph from space, Clyde Holliday
December 1972, Apollo 17, Harrison Schmitt, Portrait of astronaut Eugene Cernan, explorer of another world
November 1966, Gemini 12, Buzz Aldrin, First self-portrait (Selfie) in space
December 1972, Apollo 17, Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt with the Earth above the US flag, EVA 1
April 1972, Apollo 16, Liftoff
June 3, 1965, Gemini 4, James McDivitt, First US Spacewalk, Ed White’s EVA over New Mexico
February 1971, Apollo 14, Edgar Mitchell, Alan Shepard and the American flag
December 1968, Apollo 8, William Anders, First Earthrise seen by human eyes
First high quality photograph of Moon
July 11, 1969, The Earth
October 1968, Apollo 7, Walter Cunningham, Florida Peninsula looking East
July 1969, Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, The only clear photograph of Neil Armstrong on the Moon
June 1966 Gemini 9, Eugene Cernan, The angry alligator
November 1969, Apollo 12, EVA 2, Pete Conrad, Alan Bean with the reflection of the photographer in his visor
October 1968, Apollo 7, Walter Schirra, On-board portrait of astronaut Walter Cunningham
August 1971, Apollo 15, EVA 2, Station 6, James Irwin, Panoramic view of David Scott photographing a geologic find, 300 feet up the flank of 11,500-foot-high Hadley Delta mountain
August 1971, Apollo 15, EVA 2, Station 6, James Irwin, Panoramic view of David Scott photographing a geologic find, 300 feet up the flank of 11,500-foot-high Hadley Delta mountain
EVA-2, Station 8, David Scott, Panoramic view at the ALSEP site near the LM
August 1971, Apollo 15, Revolution 37, Al Worden, Oblique telephoto panorama of the North Rim of Crater Pasteur on the farside of the Moon
May 1969, Apollo 10, Telephoto panorama of the floor and western-rim of MendeleevBasin
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