The Big Blue Marble

View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.

The big 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. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Folks are folks and kids are kids we share a common name we speak a different way but work and play the same. Crews traveled to africa china europe and russia as well as all over the united states to tell the everyday stories of adolescence.

Big blue marble featured real children doing real things. Big blue marble was a half hour children s television series that ran from 1974 to 1983 on numerous syndicated and pbs tv stations. Evans command module pilot. Each weekly episode showcased a girl and a boy in separate segments.

We sing pretty much alike enjoy spring pretty much alike peace and love we all understand and laughter we use the very same brand. The shows paired a domestic story with an international one. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. 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.

The earth s a big blue marble when you see it from out there the sun and moon declare our beauty s very rare. The big blue marble tv series 1974 1983 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.