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Back home, it was nearing 05:00 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and ground control was quiet. "I'm not keeping you awake, am I, Bob?" asked Schmitt. "Just keep talking. We're listening," came the voice from the capsule communicator. And so the conversation continued long into the flight, the crew describing the clouds drifting over the ocean and the continents of home. Previous Apollo missions had snapped the Earth partly hidden by shadow. The hugely influential, Earthrise, for instance, shows the planet as it rises behind the Moon. Up until this point, our view of home had been fragmented, with no real way to visualise the planet in its entirety. (Read more about how Earthrise sparked an environmental movement.)

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