On August 23, 1966, the world received its first-ever photograph of Earth taken by a spacecraft from the moon's vicinity. The Lunar Orbiter I captured this image during its 16th orbit around the moon. During that time, amidst the fervor of the Space Race, NASA's Lunar Orbiter program aimed to photograph and map the lunar surface in preparation for future manned missions.
The photograph, transmitted back to Earth, was received at the NASA tracking station located at Robledo De Chavela near Madrid, Spain.
