The Apollo 17 crew takes the famous "Blue Marble" photo of the Earth - December 7th, 1972

This Day in History Class - A podcast by iHeartPodcasts and HowStuffWorks

On this day in 1972, five hours after launching from the Kennedy Space Center, the crew aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft captured a rare image of the Earth in its entirety.

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