The "Blue Marble" was the first photo of the whole Earth and the only ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of ...

Widely acknowledged as one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence, the "Blue Marble" was ...

"I'll tell you," said astronaut Harrison Schmitt as the Apollo 17 hurtled towards the Moon ... In that moment, the photograph "The Blue Marble" was taken – one which changed the way we saw our world.

On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured a now-iconic image of Earth, sometimes called the “blue marble.” Our National Air and Space Museum explains how it became an inspiration and symbol ...

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. Almost six hours into the flight, Schmitt laughed.