The blue marble

By Don Nardo

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Photographs from space, Earth (planet), juvenile literature, Apollo 17 (Spacecraft), Photography, juvenile literature, Photographs, Earth (planet), Photography, History

Description: Discusses the iconic Blue Marble photo of Earth taken by the Apollo 17 astronauts in December 1972. The astronauts headed to the moon in December 1972 thought they knew what to expect. They would soon be exploring the moon s surface in a lunar rover, traveling farther than anyone before them. They would be collecting soil and rock samples for study back.