NASA's most requested photo, the ‘Blue Marble', turns 50 FOX13
The so-called "Blue Marble" photo was taken 50 years ago on December 7, 1972 during the last Apollo mission to the moon. The Apollo 17 crew – Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Jack Schmitt – were five hours and 18,000 miles into their trip to the moon when one of them took the picture.
After his return to Earth, Schmitt was elected to the U.S. Senate, representing his native New Mexico.
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