Are there pictures of Earth from the Moon?

In 2008, NASA released a newly restored version of the original 1966 image of Earth. First image of Earth from moon, taken via Lunar Orbiter 1 on August 23, 1966, restored in 2008 by NASA, using photographic techniques that were not available when that early spacecraft originally acquired this historic photo.

How much of the Moon has been photographed?

99 percent
At the end of the fifth, the entire near side and some 99 percent of the far side of the Moon had been photographed. The resolution of the photography exceeded that available from telescopes many times; of course, the back side of the Moon has never been seen through Earth-based telescopes.

What was found on the surface of the Moon?

Scientists using NASA’s telescope on an airplane, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, discovered water on a sunlit surface of the Moon for the first time. Molecular water, H2O, was found in Clavius Crater, one of the largest craters visible from Earth in the Moon’s southern hemisphere.

Why dark side of the Moon is not visible?

First, the dark side isn’t really any darker than the near side. Like Earth, it gets plenty of sunlight. We don’t see the far side because “the moon is tidally locked to the Earth,” said John Keller, deputy project scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter project. Earth’s gravitational pull holds it in place.

How did astronauts get photos of the Moon?

From lunar orbit, astronauts pointed cameras out the window of their spacecraft to capture photos of the moon’s surface. The closest look we’ve had at the moon came from the launch of NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s.

How did we get the first look at the Moon?

The Moon’s Surface. From lunar orbit, astronauts pointed cameras out the window of their spacecraft to capture photos of the moon’s surface. The closest look we’ve had at the moon came from the launch of NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s. Between 1967 and 1972, a series of missions landed the first men on the moon.

Which spacecraft took the pictures of Jupiter’s moons?

Jupiter’s moon Io, Taken by Galileo spacecraft. Image Courtesy: NASA. Most of the information collected on Europa, another one of Jupiter’s moons, was taken by the Galileo mission (NASA), launched in 1989, that flew by Europa to gather data.

What is still on the surface of the Moon?

The lander stage of the Lunar Module (LM) is also still on the surface. Five decades later many of those items are still visible in satellite images taken from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter,…