Apollo 17 Launches, Last Apollo Moon Mission, Blue Marble Photo, December 7, 1972
Apollo 17, the last Apollo Moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
Date: December 7, 1972
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