Below is a sampling of Ord’s fully restored images of the entire Earth, gleaned from more than 18,000 original Apollo shots. Ord’s favorite is the earthrise shot by Apollo 12, also featured on ...

How soon after the new moon can you spot the thin crescent ... young crescent moon. A very challenging observation to be sure. Related: Moon facts: Fun information about the Earth's moon Looking ...

A year later, Lunar Orbiter IV caught the double crescent ... Earth.” The Apollo 8 astronauts didn’t yet know that their greatest legacy would be a photograph. The round Earth and its thin ...

The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program. The brightest areas ...

Once emerging from behind the moon and regaining communication with flight controllers in Houston, Orion beamed back photos of a close-up moon and a crescent Earth ... of Apollo 12 and 14.

A constant rain of tiny meteorites kicks up dust on the moon and helps generate the thin layer ... when it hits Earth’s magnetic field?) “Using samples brought back from the Apollo missions ...