The Earth is seen off the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken by the astronaut Bill Anders from the Apollo 8 spacecraft on December 24, 1968. On Earth, 240,000 miles away, the sunset terminator crosses Africa. The South Pole is in the white area near the bottom end of the terminator. North and South America are under the clouds. As the crew was in the middle of their fourth lunar orbit, Anders looked out of window 5 and exclaimed "Oh, my God! Look at that picture over there! Here's the Earth coming up. Wow, is that pretty!" He and Commander Frank Borman shot several images of the event, with this one becoming the most famous, known as Earthrise. (Bill Anders / NASA)
El cohete de la sonda lunar Pioneer 1 sale de su plataforma de lanzamiento el 11 de octubre de 1958, en Cabo Cañaveral, Florida. Pioneer 1, la primera misión operada por el recién establecido grupo de la NASA, no logró alcanzar la órbita, uno de los muchos fracasos en las primeras exploraciones lunares.
