they paused to celebrate Christmas Eve and reflect on what the holiday meant for the conflicted planet they’d left behind. It was December 24, 1968. The crew of Apollo 8 was rocketing towards ...

“We’ve determined that you’ll be circling the Moon on Christmas Eve and we’ve scheduled one of the television broadcasts from Apollo 8 around that time.” Scheer pointed out that more ...

Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968, circled the moon 10 times on Christmas Eve, and begun its return to Earth that Christmas Day, after Lovell radioed an iconic message to mission control ...

Instead, space exploration had grasped the world’s attention that Christmas Eve. Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders were orbiting the moon, broadcasting live to roughl ...

The Apollo 8 mission is best remembered for the famous “Earthrise” photo snapped by Borman’s crewmate, William Anders. But on Christmas Eve, Borman, Anders, and fellow NASA astronaut Jim ...

The Apollo 8 mission was a first of many kinds ... from deep space—and featuring images of the lunar surface. On Christmas Eve, Americans and the world—nearly a billion people—watched ...

Amidst the turbulence and tragedies of that year, an event occurred on Christmas Eve, capturing the attention of millions worldwide. The Apollo 8 crew, the pioneers in orbiting another world ...

Anders' famous "Earthrise" photo was taken on Christmas Eve in 1968 during the Apollo 8 mission. "Bill Anders offered to ...

On Christmas Eve, half a billion people around the world watched historic, Emmy-winning TV coverage of Apollo 8 orbiting the moon. The three astronauts (Bill Anders, Jim Lovell and Frank Borman ...

On Christmas Eve in 1968, the three astronauts on Apollo 8 looked back toward home as their craft made one of its 10 orbits around the moon. Framed inside the window was the marbled blue orb of ...