"Grand oasis in the vastness of space" Apollo-8 December 24 1968

[SorellaLaBefana]

A time that now seems so difficult to remember, or even to imagine.



This is how Earthrise came to be captured:

My New Year's Wish for all of us is that December of 2023 will be better than so many of those this century

[doc03]

1. A Good News forum, I didn't know there was one. Beautiful

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. Same! Will visit and post here some...there is a strange shortage of optimism on this blue planet.

[niyad]

3. KNR

[Tommymac]

4. That has to be the most beautiful picture EVER taken by a human being. EVER.

I tear up everytime I see it.

I remember it well, being a 10 year old glued to the TV when Frank Borman and crew took it, and read from Genesis on Christmas Eve.

[JohnnyRingo]

5. Kick.

A picture is worth a thousand words, but that one was worth a billion dollars.

[Rebl2]

6. This image

always takes my breath away. It is beautiful! I remember the Bible reading by the astronaut still, but am not sure who it was now.

[cbabe]

7. Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast - Genesis Reading (1968)

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Apollo_8_Genesis_reading

Apollo 8 Genesis reading - Wikipedia

Astronauts Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman, the first humans to travel to the Moon, recited verses 1 through 10 of the Genesis creation narrative from the King James Bible. [1] Anders read verses 1-4, Lovell verses 5-8, and Borman read verses 9 and 10. Around the world, television sets glowed with the broadcast.


Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast - Genesis Reading (1968)

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