The Blue Marble is credited by many as one key element launching the big environmental movements of the past ~50 years. In this followup to “The Story of the Blue Marble,” Fritz Hasler writes about additional Blue Marble images and developments, as well as an insider’s account of the first Blue Marble photo taken on the way to the Moon.
This picture above of the Earth by NASA Apollo Astronaut Harrison Schmitt en route to the Moon on Apollo 17 remains to this day one of the most famous and most viewed photographs of all time. From deep in space, our Earth appeared to the astronauts as a small blue … [continued]
NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission — the fourth crew rotation flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the Crew-4 mission. Additional crew members will be … [continued]
NASA and SpaceX are beginning a regular cadence of missions with astronauts launching on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission with four astronauts flying on a commercial spacecraft, and the first including an international partner.
Cape Canaveral, Florida — The much-anticipated launch of the Demo-2 mission marks the first time NASA has launched astronauts from American soil since the end of the Shuttle program.
While it may seem like the whole world has come to a standstill, NASA is notably continuing to prep for one of the most important missions in recent memory, set to launch on the 27th of May, coinciding with the week of Memorial Day.
See the Earth like the astronauts do, check out One Strange Rock, the new science series from National Geographic Channel.
