Click "confirm" to purchase this lot. Widely acknowledged as one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence, the "Blue Marble" was photographed by Apollo 17's Harrison Schmitt ...

The Blue Marble photo, showing Earth as Apollo 17 astronauts saw it. NASA The once-in-a-lifetime shot showcases the African continent, which is almost completely visible and backed by the swirling ...

Over time, the Apollo 17 photo became the event's banner image and part of the green movement's iconography, Muir-Harmony said. Prior to the "Blue Marble," campaign images had often focused on ...

Eight days after its last close pass by Earth, the Galileo spacecraft turned around and captured a stunning image of both the Earth and the Moon together. A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate ...

Artemis I is the first step toward an ongoing human presence on the moon. Globe science reporter Ivan Semeniuk explains what else scientists must to do before human astronauts set out in 2025.

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 ...

"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.

20.32 x 25.4 in. (51.6 x 64.5 cm.) ...