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Oct. 7, 1959: The first photos of the Moon's farside are taken.

On Oct. 4, 1959, exactly two years after the launch of Sputnik, the Soviet Union scored another win when Luna 3 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and set off for the Moon. It was the ...
AOL

NASA releases stunning first images of Earth taken by the Artemis II astronauts

(CNN) — NASA released the very first images taken by astronauts aboard the Artemis II Orion capsule as they are making their way to the moon. The stunning pictures were taken by mission commander Reid ...
Astronomy

Here are the first-ever images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Update June 23, 2025, 11:40 A.M. CDT: Additional images and videos showing our dynamic universe have now been released! What do photos from the largest digital camera ever built look like? Now we know ...
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First Images from Vera C. Rubin Observatory Debut at National Academy of Sciences

Project scientists displayed an extraordinary set of ultra-high-definition images and videos for the first time — showcasing both the exploratory and precision capabilities of the recently constructed ...
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Rubin Observatory's first images flaunt millions of galaxies. Take a look.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has captured its first images of the night sky and promises to provide a "firehose" of data to researchers over the coming decade. Credit: RubinObs / NOIRLab / SLAC / NSF ...