First human taken photograph of Earth after translunar injection, William Anders [Apollo 8], 21-27 December 1968


printed 1968
vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper
10 h × 8 w in (25 × 20 cm)

After orbiting the Earth twice, the Apollo 8 crew fired the Saturn V third stage and became the first humans to get free of Earth's gravitational pull. This historic photograph was taken by William Anders with the 80mm lens after separation from the expended SIVB third stage following translunar injection.

Numbered to upper margin 'NASA AS8-14-2581' with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks to verso.note: Media visuals referencing the original NASA photograph(s) not included.

Literature: National Geographic, May 1969, ppg. 608-609 LIFE, 10 January 1969, pg. 25 Time, 10 January 1969, pg. 42 The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography, 1962?1972, Schick and Van Haaften, pg. 93

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