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. It was the most-viewed TV program of all time (to that date). In his 2018 interview with Astronomy Contributing EditorContinue reading “Dec. 24, 1968: Apollo 8 broadcasts from the Moon”

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