First live TV picture of the Planet Earth; Earth first seen by humans from the gravitational sphere of another celestial body, December 21-27, 1968

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Lot 213 | First live TV picture of the Planet Earth; Earth first seen by humans from the gravitational sphere of another celestial body, December 21-27, 1968
213 a
Taken by a RCA TV camera aboard the spacecraft

First live TV picture of the Planet Earth transmitted by humans

Apollo 8, December 21-27, 1968, 055:10:28 GET

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with Technicolor Quality Control stamp and NASA KSC caption numbered “68-H-1408” on the verso

213 b
William Anders

Earth seen by humans from the gravitational sphere of influence of another celestial body for the first time in history

Apollo 8, December 21-27, 1968, 055:33:00 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak Paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS8-16-2608” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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