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Full crescent Earth colour photograph taken on film from an altitude of 9,544 nautical miles by an automatic camera aboard the first Saturn V rocket and recovered on board the Command Module. The photograph, looking west, shows Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, Antarctica, Apollo 4, 9 November 1967 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, [NASA photo no AS4-1-410], 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10 in), with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on verso (NASA/North American Rockwell) Footnotes: On 9 November 1967 the Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned test flight made two orbits of the Earth before the third stage booster fired to send the capsule out in a vast ellipse peaking at 9,767 nautical miles, as a test of the translunar motors and of the high speed entry required of a manned flight returning from the moon. A 70mm Maurer 220 G camera was programmed to look out a window, and took this fantastic photograph of the Earth from near "high apogee", as the Apollo 4 spacecraft, still attached to the S-IVB (third) stage, was orbiting Earth at an altitude of 9,544 nautical miles. The Earth (including Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, Antarctica, looking west) is seen in a beautiful crescent. It was the first time human beings could admire a colour photograph of their whole planet floating in the dark void of space and this image provided a new perspective on our Home. North American Rockwell was NASA's prime contractor and manufacturer of the Apollo Command Module. Condition Report: Mint Condition Report Disclaimer