The Blue Marble image was captured at around 29,000km (18,000 miles) from Earth, as the Sun lit up the globe from behind the Apollo 17. From ancient Egyptian geographer Ptolemy to Nasa ...

Several years later, in 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured the "Blue Marble" photo—a fully illuminated ... a request to be kind to and take care of our world. NASA's EPIC camera today photographs the ...

You think you know the moon? NASA scientists say think again - A new technique using data gathered by a spacecraft has helped ...

Widely acknowledged as one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence, the "Blue Marble" was photographed ... fully illuminated Earth, as the astronauts had the Sun behind them ...

The astronauts took the Blue Marble—photo AS17-148-22727—capturing a fully illuminated Earth, South Pole and ... But that stunning blue is faded. NASA's EPIC camera now images a stressed ...

April 22 is traditionally known as Earth Day, the occasion where we pause as temporary travelers on our 'blue marble' to honor ... all partake in is a special NASA page where participants can ...

NASA 's Perseverance rover has captured an aurora in the night sky for the first time from the Martian ground.

"A minute of chaos in the simulator when a thrust vector malfunction sent us out of control during the perigee raise maneuver ...

The Earth Science Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon ... The name could be a reference to the famous Blue Marble photograph taken during Apollo 17. ‘Pale Blue’ by Wesley ...

A serendipitous solar outburst let scientists point the robot’s cameras toward the Red Planet’s sky to spot a feature shared with our Blue ... of NASA and private crews returning to Earth ...

NASA's images reveal Earth's deteriorating condition, a stark contrast to the iconic 'Blue Marble' photo. Decades of environmental neglect have led to melting glaciers, deforestation, and ocean ...

Nasa officially credits the image ... Looking at the 1972 and 2022 Blue Marble images side-by-side, Pepin describes the Earth's "restless atmosphere". Visible in both images, are clouds formed ...