220px-MA-8_view_over_South_America Published on October 2, 2014 in 3 October 1962, 12:15:12 UTC, T minus ZeroFull resolution (220 × 218) ← Previous Next → Wally Schirra took this photograph of Earth while in orbit over South America, 3 october 1962. (Walter M. Schirra, Jr./NASA)