The Big Blue Marble

Folks are folks and kids are kids we share a common name we speak a different way but work and play the same.

The big blue marble.

The big blue marble tv series 1974 1983 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. And scientist astronaut harrison h. The shows paired a domestic story with an international one.

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 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. Big blue marble was a half hour children s television series that ran from 1974 to 1983 on numerous syndicated and pbs tv stations. We sing pretty much alike enjoy spring pretty much alike peace and love we all understand and laughter we use the very same brand.

Evans command module pilot. 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. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.

Distinctive content included stories about children around the world and a pen pal club that encouraged intercultural communication. 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.