The Blue Marble photo, showing Earth as Apollo 17 astronauts saw it. NASA The once-in-a-lifetime shot showcases the African continent, which is almost completely visible and backed by the swirling ...

The first Earth Day had been celebrated on April 22, 1970. Over time, the Apollo 17 photo became the event’s banner image and part of the green movement’s iconography, Muir-Harmony said.

To mark the historic launch of Apollo 17, Saunders shared eight high-resolution images from his book with ... Cernan: “I want to get the Earth... Try that one time, then we’ll give up and ...

The first photo of Earth from space, taken just 65 miles above ... is an image of Earth taken on December 7, 1972 as the Apollo 17 crew made its way to the moon. It's a detailed image of our ...

Widely acknowledged as one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence, the "Blue Marble" was photographed by Apollo 17's Harrison ... about 123 right now. [...] 005:17:37 Schmitt: ...

Earth’s magnetic field is weaker than ... The high-resolution images of the Apollo 17 landing site taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter The years of work done by her co-author and ...

Artemis I is the first step toward an ongoing human presence on the moon. Globe science reporter Ivan Semeniuk explains what else scientists must to do before human astronauts set out in 2025.

Bill Anders was on Apollo ... the Earth coming up. Wow, that's pretty. LEWIS: The crew had been taking pictures for planning future lunar landings, but they were mostly black-and-white images.