Apollo 17 was launched from the kennedy space center at 12 33 am on 7 december.
Apollo 17 blue marble earth.
This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
The new collection is called the blue marble.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
This photograph illustrates the earth as an isolated ecosystem floating in space.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
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 kilometres 18 000 mi.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
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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.
Earthrise was followed by blue marble a view of the earth taken from the apollo 17 spacecraft in 1972.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
On december 7 1972 the crew of apollo 17 changed the way we look at our home planet.
The blue marble from apollo 17.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
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.
This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Evans command module pilot.
It shows africa antarctica and the arabian peninsula.
Around five hours later when the spacecraft had left earth orbit and begun i.
Nasa crew of apollo 17.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.