This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Apollo 17 marble.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
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View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
The blue marble is an image of earth taken on december 7 1972 from a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles from the planet s surface.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
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The blue marble from apollo 17.
It was taken by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon and is one of the most reproduced images in history.
The blue marble is a famous photograph of the earth taken on december 7 1972 by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the moon at a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles.
The apollo 17 lunar module undergoes testing prior to being enclosed in the adapter that will house it during the first four hours of flight to the moon.
Fifty years ago on april 22 1970 people around the world marked the first earth day.
That was the last of the apollo moon missions but nasa s space probes continued to take.
Ksc 72p 454 137k the apollo 17 spacecraft right crosses paths with the s ib booster intended for the first manned skylab mission.
Its crew consisted of commander eugene cernan lunar module pilot harrison schmitt and command module pilot ronald evans and it carried a biological experiment containing five mice.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap.
Apollo 17 december 7 19 1972 was the final moon landing mission of nasa s apollo program and remains the most recent time humans have travelled beyond low earth orbit.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
Nasa crew of apollo 17.
Earthrise was followed by blue marble a view of the earth taken from the apollo 17 spacecraft in 1972.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
A real time interactive journey through the apollo 17 mission.
Relive every moment as it occurred in 1972.
Evans command module pilot.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.