Commencing in the 1990s, NASA created digitally manipulated whole-Earth images titled Blue Marble: Next Generation, in honor of the original Apollo 17 mission. These are composite images composed ...

The iconic photo, known as “Blue Marble,” was taken by NASA astronauts Eugene “Gene ... the unique vantage point astronauts have of Earth as a planet against the vast backdrop of the ...

NASA's Orion capsule captured a stunning 'blue marble' image of the Earth nine hours into its epic journey to the moon - marking the first time a human-rated craft has seen this view since the ...