PetaPixel Some of the First-Ever Photos Taken in Space Have Been Lovingly Restored


Split image: On the left, two astronauts in space suits perform an EVA tethered outside a spacecraft above Earth. On the right, a close-up of an astronaut inside a helmet with reflections on his visor.

After the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into orbit and followed it up by sending the first person into space, the U.S government responded by forming NASA, and later President John F. Kennedy declared, "We choose to go to the Moon." The Apollo missions are famous, but they were preceded by Mercury and Gemini.

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