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Dec. 24, 1968: Apollo 8 broadcasts from the Moon
In their historic first crewed mission to the Moon, Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a Christmas Eve broadcast, reading the first 10 verses of the biblical book of Genesis.
On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.
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Apollo 8's Christmas Eve greetings (seen by 1 billion on earth) revisited
Astronauts captivated a global audience with a live broadcast from lunar orbit in 1968, uniting viewers with a Christmas card from the moon.
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The Christmas Eve humans read the Bible from the moon
On Christmas Eve in 1968, humanity experienced a moment that was both awe-inspiring and deeply moving. The Apollo 8 mission, ...
As Eugene Cernan took his last steps on the lunar surface, the Apollo 17 commander promised to come back. “As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow,” Cernan said Dec. 13, 1972, “we leave as we came and, ...
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