But while “Blue Marble” didn’t create an overnight revolution, it came to play an important role in the growing environmental movement. The first Earth Day had been celebrated on April 22, 1970.

The Blue Ghost lunar lander, operated by Firefly Aerospace from Texas, was able capture the phenomenon between Thursday night and Friday morning while stationed on the moon's Earth-facing side.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander may have only just touched down on the moon, but it's already beaming home spectacular ...

The "Blue Marble" is an image of Earth taken on December 7, 1972 as the Apollo 17 crew made its way to the moon. It's a detailed image of our planet, against the inky black void of space.

Among those images was the one now known as the Blue Marble shot, the first photograph ever taken of the planet in its entirety. The Blue Marble photo, showing Earth as Apollo 17 astronauts saw it ...

Earth is often called the Blue Planet because of its vast oceans, which cover about 70% of the surface. Photo Credits: NASA Photos from the ISS reveal the beauty of Earth’s landscapes, from its ...

The blue wavelength of light is short and choppy, allowing atmospheric molecules to scatter it around, creating a blue sky. The view from Mercury An overexposed Earth and moon as observed from 61 ...

Recreated 'Blue Marble' photo of Earth tests powerful new climate model : Read more You might want to correct the caption on the first photo. It says "photo on the left" for both pics.

The mission aims to collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and explore the main-belt comet 311P.

On Jan. 27, Blue Ghost captured the first images of the moon in the distance days after it fired its engines in a critical burn to raise its apogee – the point when it is furthest from Earth in ...

The first photos taken of Earth by humans during the Apollo missions have become some of the most reproduced of all time, and 50 years later, their power and influence remain. Still, the "Blue ...

But while “Blue Marble” didn’t create an overnight revolution, it came to play an important role in the growing environmental movement. The first Earth Day had been celebrated on April 22, 1970.