The crew of Apollo 17 took this photograph of Earth in December 1972 while the spacecraft was traveling between the Earth and the Moon. The educational children’s show “Big Blue Marble” aired from ...
On Dec. 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts snapped the Blue Marble, the iconic photograph that in many ways has changed how we view our planet home. The view of Earth from space allowed us to reflect on ...
Meet Maya Volpacchio, a Massachusetts native living in Portland, Oregon. Check out this ripping part from The Space Program's Blue Marble. Blast off! "Maya's East Coast grit upbringing is in full ...