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On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8, the first humans to travel to the Moon, read from the Book of Genesis during a television broadcast. During their ninth orbit of the Moon astronauts Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman recited verses 1 through 10 of the Genesis creation narrative from the King James Bible. [1 ...
The Earthrise image Apollo 8's 1968 Christmas Eve broadcast and reading from the Book of Genesis. When the spacecraft came out from behind the Moon for its fourth pass across the front, the crew witnessed an "Earthrise" in person for the first time in human history. [74]
Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders. Earthrise is a photograph of Earth and part of the Moon's surface that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission.
He did not go into space until Dec. 21, 1968, when Apollo 8 lifted off on the first crewed mission to leave Earth orbit and travel 240,000 miles (386,000 km) to the moon.
William Anders, an astronaut who was one of the first three people to orbit the moon, and who took the famous “Earthrise” photo, died Friday after a small plane he was in crashed in the water ...
The trio slipped into the moon’s orbit on Christmas Eve 1968 after already travelling for three days. ... as well as the Apollo 8 mission in 1968. ...
Dansk: Skabelsesberetningen læst op af besætningen på Apollo 8 den 24. december 1968. English: The Apollo 8 Genesis reading on December 24, 1968, when the crew of Apollo 8 read in turn from the Book of Genesis as they orbited the moon.
December 21, 1968: Launch of Apollo 8 The Apollo 8 patch, designed by astronaut Lovell At 10:47 a.m. (15:47:05 UTC), Apollo 8 became the first space vehicle to carry human beings beyond Earth's orbit, [ 88 ] and the three American astronauts on board — Frank Borman , Jim Lovell , and William Anders — went further away from Earth than any ...