Saturn 5 Blue Marble

The apollo 17 crew eugene cernan ronald evans and jack schmitt were five.
Saturn 5 blue marble. It was taken by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon and is one of the most reproduced images in history. Posted on 17 july 2019 by andy. Three of saturn s moons appear almost like a. Both men are certain they snapped the blue marble shot and can t believe the other won t admit it.
Saturn v magnet 1 99. Nasa s earth observatory published. The saturn v was launched 13 times from kennedy space. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
They can get rather snarky about it and. Here s how we did it. The so called blue marble photo was taken on december 7 1972 during the last apollo mission to the moon. Saturn v rocket a small step for earth observation.
The blue marble is an image of earth taken on december 7 1972 from a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles from the planet s surface. April 4 2018 in 2002 nasa scientists and visualizers stitched together strips of brand new data in natural color collected over four months from the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer or modis instrument aboard terra. Pickering ksc 72pc 445 216k ground level view of the apollo 17 saturn v on pad 39 a with the moon visible just to the left of the vehicle about half way up. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon.
Scan by kipp teague ksc 72p 394. The saturn v rocket launch of december 7 1972. Ats 3 black marble blue marble dat dr wernher von braun earth observation esa explorer 1 moon moon land nanosats nasa pale blue dot saturn v rocket spire global supercomputer leave a reply. Pickering 72 hc 692 158k apollo 17 saturn v on the pad.
Apollo 17 saturn v on the pad. This classic photograph of the earth was taken on december 7 1972. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. We made this animation as part of the initial release of the nasa blue marble imagery.
The original caption is reprinted below. It consisted of three stages each fueled by liquid propellants it was developed to support the apollo program for human exploration of the moon and was later used to launch skylab the first american space station. Saturn v was an american super heavy lift launch vehicle certified for human rating used by nasa between 1967 and 1973. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.