And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Blue marble earth from space.
Promote the blue marble as a symbol of international unity in space exploration.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
That was the last of the apollo moon missions but nasa s space probes continued to take.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
Image of the day atmosphere land water.
A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
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.
2 2012 is a companion to a nasa image showing the western.
To mark the 30th anniversary of the apollo 17 mission and the famous blue marble full earth image goddard space flight center s visualization and analysis lab has rendered a new visualization inspired by the mission.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
This photo from nasa s suomi npp satellite shows the eastern hemisphere of earth in blue marble view.
Increase international awareness education and collaboration in space exploration.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.
The photo released feb.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
Nasa the crescent earth rises above the.
Facilitate the synergy of technology with the environment.
This blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
Earth the blue marble.
Earthrise was followed by blue marble a view of the earth taken from the apollo 17 spacecraft in 1972.
Improve human condition on earth.
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.
Image of the day land water.
Evans command module pilot.
Advance and preserve international awareness of our planet its resources and its people.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.