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Fifty years ago, an astronaut on the Apollo 17 mission snapped a pic of the Earth in its entirety. Space photography hasn't been the same.
Apollo 17 rocks reveal a strange connection between the Moon and Earth New research co-authored by an Apollo 17 astronaut reveals striking science.
That happened as soon as Apollo 17 returned to Earth on December 19th. Four days later, the Earth image was released to the press and went viral.
Prior to the "Blue Marble," campaign images had often focused on pollution, gas masks and endangered species.A self-portrait of humanityApollo 17 marked the end of the Apollo lunar exploration ...
The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program.
To mark the historic launch of Apollo 17, Saunders shared eight high-resolution images from his book with Ars, along with captions. You can click on any of the photos to enlarge them.
A look into the Daily News archive captures the drama. Here on Earth, pedestrians eye an 18-story-high replica of Apollo 11’s Saturn V rocket, projected onto the Allied Chemical Tower (now known ...
The claim: Post implies Apollo 11 mission was faked because images appeared in newspapers before crew returned to Earth A Jan. 25 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of the ...
A post shows Nixon speaking to Apollo 11 astronauts while they're on the moon with 'Earthrise', a photo taken during Apollo 8, on the wall behind him.
When I delved deeper into the photo archives from Apollo 8, one added wrinkle awaited me: The iconic color image wasn’t the first Earthrise photo, as most people assumed.
Lot Details About This Lot The present image, a view of Earth from Taurus-Litrow, is one of the very few Apollo photographs showing the Earth from the surface of the Moon, as seen by humans, in an ...
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.