A VIEW OF THE MOON’S SURFACE.—The first photograph received from the United States Orbiter I spacecraft. It shows an area on the western edge of Smyth’s Sea (named after the eighteenth-century British admiral and astronomer, William Henry Smyth). Prominent in the lower right of the picture is a crater about 18 miles wide with a central peak. The horizontal lines are scanning lines placed on the negative for picture interpretation.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31144, 22 August 1966, Page 13
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70A VIEW OF THE MOON’S SURFACE.—The first photograph received from the United States Orbiter I spacecraft. It shows an area on the western edge of Smyth’s Sea (named after the eighteenth-century British admiral and astronomer, William Henry Smyth). Prominent in the lower right of the picture is a crater about 18 miles wide with a central peak. The horizontal lines are scanning lines placed on the negative for picture interpretation. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31144, 22 August 1966, Page 13
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