The Blue Marble photo, though, has proven to be the crew’s best known legacy. NASA released the image on Saturday, December 23, 1972, and it made the front page of most newspapers over that long ...

The Blue Marble photo, showing Earth as Apollo 17 astronauts saw it. NASA The once-in-a-lifetime shot showcases the African continent, which is almost completely visible and backed by the swirling ...

The iconic photo, known as “Blue Marble,” was taken by NASA astronauts Eugene “Gene” Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt on December 7 using a Hasselblad camera and a Zeiss lens ...

It’s an iconic photo of our home planet: The wispy white clouds and ice caps swirling with the blues and tans of the land and sea – all standing in stark contrast to the blackness of space.

The iconic photo, known as "Blue Marble," was taken by NASA astronauts Eugene "Gene" Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt on Dec. 7 using a Hasselblad camera and a Zeiss lens, about 28,000 ...

On Christmas Eve in 1972, humanity received a gift: A portrait of the Earth as a vivid globe.Clouds swirl over the vast African continent and south polar ice cap, all set against the deep blue of ...