News Summary

• 60 years ago, a robotic spacecraft captured the first Earthrise photo.
• Lunar Orbiter 1 was launched in 1966 with a film camera and its own film processing lab.
• The initial scans of the 1966 photo were poor quality; NASA was restricted by the technology of the time.
• The team set up shop in an old McDonald’s in Moffett Federal Airfield, dubbing it “McMoons.“They were able to recover the old analog 70mm tapes and convert them into a new modern digital archival version.”