Forty years ago today, astronauts on board the Apollo 17 spacecraft snapped a picture of a brightly lit planet -- our planet. Cast against the black backdrop of space, Earth's vibrancy leapt out ...

Forty years ago today, astronauts on board the Apollo 17 spacecraft snapped a picture of a brightly lit planet -- our planet. Cast against the black backdrop of space, Earth's vibrancy leapt out ...

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 ...

The "Blue Marble" image of Earth snapped by the crew of Apollo 17 in 1972 is one of the most famous photos ever taken. When it appeared, we all suddenly saw the world in a much different way.

Schmitt collected rare types of lunar rock and samples of ... Among those images was the one now known as the Blue Marble shot, the first photograph ever taken of the planet in its entirety.

Other types of marble unique to their regions are ... Mr Melaku said the quality and standard of blue marble, named the Millennium Stone, has been examined by Italian laboratories.

The Blue Marble is arguably one of the most famous photographs of all time, so it makes perfect sense to use this beloved image as a test for a powerful new climate modeling program on one of the ...

There are many different types and colors of marble, from very light Bianco Carrara to very dark Marquina Black. If you want more color, you can go with green, brown, blue, or yellow marble.

Giving users the opportunity to experience the awe-inspiring Overview Effect – the profound experience of witnessing our planet from a far, and in orbit – “Blue Marble – Orbit 1” is ...