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Raw images from Cassini were received on Earth shortly after the event, and a couple of processed images—a high-resolution image of the Earth and the Moon, and a small portion of the final wide-angle mosaic showing the Earth—were released to the public a few days following the July 19 imaging sequence.
The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by either Ron Evans or Harrison Schmitt aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the Moon.Viewed from around 29,400 km (18,300 mi) from Earth's surface, [1] a cropped and rotated version has become one of the most reproduced images in history.
Here are the US's biggest moments in space this year and the missions that didn't go so well. This was a big year for space in the US with many historic firsts . SpaceX caught a rocket in mid-air.
Outer Space Astronauts is a comedy television series which aired on Syfy, created by Russell Barrett. The main characters have live-action "real" heads connected to computer-generated and animated bodies in a completely digital environment. The crew travel through space on a ship named the O.S.S. Oklahoma.
Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from an unprecedented distance of approximately 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU), as part of that day's Family Portrait series of images of the Solar System.
Earthrise was taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed voyage to orbit the Moon. [4] [5] One account suggests that before Anders found a suitable 70 mm color film, mission commander Frank Borman took a black-and-white photograph of the scene, with the Earth's terminator touching the horizon.
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time is a 2019 short epic documentary film created by American astronomy-themed musician and filmmaker John D. Boswell, made as a follow-up to his other short film Timelapse of the Entire Universe. [1]
A historic extraterrestrial sky—Earthrise, the Earth viewed from the Moon.Taken by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders while in lunar orbit, December 24, 1968.. In astronomy, an extraterrestrial sky is a view of outer space from the surface of an astronomical body other than Earth.