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View of Earth, showing Africa, Europe and Asia taken by Apollo 11 crewmember
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View of Earth, showing Africa, Europe and Asia taken by Apollo 11 crewmember

NASA / JSC · 1969-07-16 · photograph (digital archive)

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AS11-36-5355 (17 July 1969) --- Most of Africa and portions of Europe and Asia can be seen in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-lunar coast toward the moon. Apollo 11, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, onboard was already 98,000 nautical miles from Earth when this picture was made. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "

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APOLLO 11APOLLO PROJECTCLOUDSEARTH (PLANET)ONBOARD ACTIVITIESEARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)PHOTOGRAPHY
Credit lineView of Earth, showing Africa, Europe and Asia taken by Apollo 11 crewmember. NASA/JSC, 1969-07-16. Public domain. ID: as11-36-5355.
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