The Cupola, an ESA-built observatory module of the International Space Station (ISS). Its name derives from the Italian word cupola, which means "dome".

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The Earth straddling the limb of the Moon, as seen from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter above Compton crater.

The shadow in the foreground is from the crater's central peaks, while the mountains just above it can be seen in the 10 and 12 o'clock positions. The center of the Earth in this view is just off the coast of Liberia. The large tan area in the upper right is the Sahara desert, and just beyond is Saudia Arabia.

Taken on 12 October 2015.

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This is the original image from which Earthrise was cropped. The photo is displayed here in its original orientation as seen by the crew of Apollo 8. Lunar north is up.

The original image was rotated 95 degrees clockwise to produce the published Earthrise orientation to better convey the sense of the Earth rising over the moonscape.

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Earthrise was taken with this camera by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed voyage to orbit the Moon.

Anders: "Oh my God! Look at that picture over there! There's the Earth coming up. Wow, that's pretty."

Borman (joking): "Hey, don't take that, it's not scheduled."

Anders (laughing): "You got a color film, Jim? Hand me that roll of color quick, would you …"

Lovell: "Oh man, that's great!"

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The crew received wake-up calls from Mission Control on every day of the flight. Mostly, these wake up calls were music designed to keep the crew on a steady rhythm and boost morale.

On some of the days, inspirational speeches recorded specifically for the flight were also played for the astronauts, including messages from Apollo astronauts Charlie Duke and posthumously from Jim Lovell.

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