Apollo 8 takes first images of Earth from deep space orbiting the Moon during Christmas
Apollo 8 takes first images of Earth from deep space orbiting the Moon during Christmas
National Geographic Society publishes their map of the moon
Indexes hundreds of lunar features
Landing spots for lunar missions
Descriptions of the moon's phases
Depicts the moon’s revolution in relation to the Earth and Sun
How the moon affects tides on Earth
Whole Earth Catalog first published
Whole Earth Catalog first published
Purpose was to provide education and "access to tools" in order that the reader could "find his own inspiration, shape his own environment, and share his adventure with whoever is interested."
Steve Jobs considered the Catalog a conceptual forerunner of a Web search engine, “sort of like Google in paperback form … it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions”
