The Best Space Photos You"ll Ever See Part 1
The list omits significant events from space history that were not NASA achievements, such as the famous 1958 photograph of Wernher von Braun and the other architects of the Explorer 1 satellite celebrating their success by holding a model of the satellite over their heads, an event that occurred months before NASA existed. Photos from the Apollo moon program , as well they should—it remains the agency’s crowning achievement. We also recognize that, even though the first “A” in NASA stands for “aeronautics,” our list is light on aeronautical breakthroughs. Our only excuse is that the ranking reflects the how far the space technology has come.
1.View From Earth From Apollo 17.(NASA)
Topping the list is the view of the whole Earth above, arguably the most influential image to come out of the American space program. Used significantly by the environmental movement (although NOT, as often reported, the inspiration for Earth Day). This particular shot was from Apollo 17, but all of the moon-bound astronauts took similar photos. Although a satellite had returned a picture of the whole Earth in 1967, it wasn’t until humans saw this view for the first time a year later that it entered our collective mind.
2.Earth Rise(1969)
The Last Whole Earth Catalog described this image as: “The famous Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise over the moon that established our planetary facthood and beauty and rareness (dry moon, barren space) and began to bend human consciousness.”
Probably the most celebrated image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. This color-enhanced view of a star-forming region in the Eagle Nebula is a scientific data trove and an aesthetic masterpiece.
3.“Pillars of Creation,” (1995)
4. Boot-print On The Moon(1969)
Photographed by Buzz Aldrin, in accordance with Apollo 11 mission objectives, as a way for scientists to investigate the properties of the lunar soil. Stands as the classic image representing human presence on the moon.
5. Jupiter Great Red Spot(1979)
Voyagers 1 and 2 both photographed Jupiter during flybys in 1979. The Great Red Spot, an ancient storm so large that three Earths could fit inside it, had been photographed from Earth before, but never in such detail.
6.Hubble Ultra Deep Field(2004)
The deepest (most sensitive) view ever taken of the night sky in visible wavelengths. The million-second exposure, taken over the course of 400 orbits by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows more than 10,000 galaxies.
7. Untethered Spacewalk, (1984)
Bruce McCandless II ventured more than 300 feet from space shuttle Challenger in his jet-powered Manned Maneuvering Unit during mission STS 41-B. The first untethered spacewalk in Earth orbit.
8.First photo on Mars, (1976)
On July 20, 1976, seven years to the day after Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon, Viking 1 made the first landing on Mars. The robot spacecraft’s first picture was of its own footpad, just minutes after touchdown.
9.Craters On Mars (1965)
The first close-ups of the Martian surface, taken by the passing Mariner 4 spacecraft, were a disappointment to those hoping to see signs of life. The photos showed a dead, cratered surface.
10.Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17, 1972
The only scientist to land on the moon, Schmitt had helped train other astronauts to be field geologists. The last Apollo expedition covered the most territory; the astronauts ventured miles from their landing site.
The largest object ever flown in space by humans. First proposed in 1984, the orbiting laboratory is now complete, with European and Japanese modules added earlier that year.
11. International Space Station, 2008
The largest object ever flown in space by humans. First proposed in 1984, the orbiting laboratory is now complete, with European and Japanese modules added earlier that year.
12.Voyager Interstellar record, 1977
Because the twin Voyager spacecraft would leave the solar system, astronomer Carl Sagan and others created an analog record of sights and sounds from Earth as a message to any civilization that might some day encounter it.
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