Later, from a V-2 Rocket,
you got the most graphic, actual pictures
yet taken by a camera
showing how the earth looks
from a point 70 miles in space.
Though no man has yet ventured
more than 15 miles from his earth,
you now know how this planet will look below you
when you finally venture beyond that height.
In its gantry at Cape Canaveral, Florida,
a Thor-Able rocket
is ready to carry this weather observation satellite
on a new space adventure,
and on command,
send their scannings back to earth.
Another space triumph for the US
which is explained to Ike at the White House
by Space Agency head, Glennan,
who produces a picture sequence
of the satellite scannings.
Success in space…
Lunar Orbiter 2 heads for the moon…
It inspires us to redouble our efforts
to bring peace and tranquillity to earth.
Suddenly, to see this delicate,
colourful, little planet of ours
coming up over the stark lunar horizon,
it was the difference between the two
that I think impressed me,
and which I think helped make the Earthrise picture
iconic for the environmentalists and others.
In the whole Earth catalogue,
the Earth Days,
the various laws
that flowed subsequent to that picture…
I wouldn’t say that picture was the only reason,
but it certainly was an important reason,
motivating folks to take better care of our planet.
It’s got to be the most incredible
earth-observing mission ever,
both on quality of the data,
the global survey aspects of the data,
and then the incredible longevity.
