Apollo 17 Marble

Ksc 72p 454 137k the apollo 17 spacecraft right crosses paths with the s ib booster intended for the first manned skylab mission.

Apollo 17 marble.

This is the first. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. 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.

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. A real time interactive journey through the apollo 17 mission. The original caption is reprinted below. Fifty years ago on april 22 1970 people around the world marked the first earth day.

This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972. This is the first time the apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. The blue marble from apollo 17. 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. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. 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.

This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. 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. Nasa crew of apollo 17.

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. That was the last of the apollo moon missions but nasa s space probes continued to take. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.

Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Earthrise was followed by blue marble a view of the earth taken from the apollo 17 spacecraft in 1972.