Roskosmos Luna 9
The Ocean of Storms (First photograph made on the moon)
February 3, 1966
Image: 11 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches
Gelatin silver print on matte fiber paper
Purchased on funds given by the Margaret T. Morris Foundation and by Richard and Ronay Menschel, with special assistance by Daniel Blau.
2020.84
Notes
Printed in England from the intercepted Soviet radio signal.
Inscriptions/Markings
Verso: stamped, in blue ink: February 5, 1966
Summary
Rocky surface of the moon.
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