It wasn't until 1946 that humans first saw what the Earth looked like from space. These iconic images of our planet now include "Blue Marble," "Pale Blue Dot," and "Earthrise." The farthest is ...

On Valentine's Day 1990, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft snapped what would become one of the most iconic images ever taken: a view of Earth from 3.7 billion miles (6 billion kilometers) away.

“The Voyager imaging team wanted to show Earth’s ... And comparing photos of our solar system taken after “Pale Blue Dot” shows precisely how far we’ve come in space exploration.

here'e your photo. The image of Saturn's rings backlit by the sun was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The pale dot to the right of center is Earth. As predicted in this space last week ...

But the space agency's engineers often direct their machines to peer back at the vivid blue ... Earth high in Mars' atmosphere. Here on Earth, with the unaided eye, Mars looks like a bright red ...

In this case, they wanted to grasp the origin of galactic cosmic rays (particles from deep space ... away. Earth and the Moon as taken by Mariner-10. Credit: NASA Our pale blue dot.

See that little dot up there, in the upper right of that photo? That’s the planet Earth, as photographed from ... on astronomy and philosophy, “Pale Blue Dot.” ...

On Christmas Eve in 1972, humanity received a gift: A portrait of the Earth ... get into space," Garber said. "And I think that's part of what was so special about the 'Blue Marble' photo." ...

The Voyager 1 spacecraft was nearly 4 billion miles away when it entered the last reaches of our solar system and NASA engineers turned the space ... blue dot, the only home we've ever known. For ...