This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Apollo 17 marble.
Fifty years ago on april 22 1970 people around the world marked the first earth day.
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The blue marble from apollo 17.
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.
Ksc 72p 454 137k the apollo 17 spacecraft right crosses paths with the s ib booster intended for the first manned skylab mission.
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.
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.
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Nasa crew of apollo 17.
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This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
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.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
A real time interactive journey through the apollo 17 mission.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
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.
Evans command module pilot.
That was the last of the apollo moon missions but nasa s space probes continued to take.
Earthrise was followed by blue marble a view of the earth taken from the apollo 17 spacecraft in 1972.
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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.
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.