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Earthrise — this photo always comes to mind on December 24.
Read or watch about how the photo came to be: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-story-behind-apollo-8s-famous-earthrise-photo/

and about its perceived impact on humanity: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230511-earthrise-the-photo-that-sparked-an-environmental-movement
#Earth #Moon #Earthrise #Apollo8 #space

Photo of an unusual changeable daily wall calendar against an eggshell or yellow-white wall. It is a small, rectangular piece of painted wood, a plaque, with three horizontal slots, hanging so that the long axis is vertical. At the top is a painting of a small white cottage with a red roof, surrounded by flowers and trees. There are three small bouquets of flowers below, one painted above each of the horizontal slots. At the very bottom, "Canada" is painted on the plaque. In each slot is a long horizontal strip of wood with painted words or numbers. The top strip of wood has the twelve months painted on in French. It is slid so Tha "Decembre" is under a flower bouquet on the vertical plaque. The middle strip has the numbers from 1 through 31 painted on it, slid so that 24 is under a bouquet on the vertical plaque. The lowest vertical strip of wood has the days of the week painted on it, and it is slid so the "Mercredi" is under a bouquet.

Iconic photograph, "Earthrise," taken on December 24, 1968 by astronaut William Anders, aboard the Apollo 8 crew module as it orbited above the surface of the moon. It shows the blue earth streaked with clouds rising above the barren, crater-strewn surface if the moon, against the black void of space.

"Christmas Eve, 1968.
As their command module floated above the lunar surface, the #Apollo8 astronauts beamed back images of the moon and Earth and took turns reading from the book of Genesis, closing with a wish for everyone “on the good Earth.”

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/apollo/apollo-8-christmas-at-the-moon/

The first crewed orbit of #Luna/the Moon began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1968 when #Apollo8 inserted itself for the first of ten lunar orbits. They took the famed #Earthrise photo, which deeply affected the new #environmentalist movement, and did live broadcasts from the capsule.

A special message from crew of Apollo 8 - 1968

#Apollo8 #xmas1968

https://youtu.be/ToHhQUhdyBY

#Apollo8 #16Dezember1968 – Der erste bemannte Flug zum Mond veränderte die Sicht der Menschheit. Spannende Fakten, Earthrise & Raumfahrtgeschichte kompakt erklärt.

https://www.harris-blog.de/apollo-8-wie-der-erste-bemannte-mondflug-am-16-dezember-1968-die-welt-veraenderte/

*Yawn* - boring - seen it all before.
#Artimis #ArtimisII #Apollo #Apollo8 #Moon #LunarOrbit #rockets #space #NASA

#Apollo8, the first crewed mission to the moon, launched on December 21, 1968 and achieved many firsts. The three astronauts, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, traveled 240,000 miles from Earth, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, and circled the

#Apollo8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing and then

Good Morning, all,

no jars of Vegemite were harmed during the failure of this Aussie rocket launch...

And #RIP Jim Lovell, the only human to ever fly twice to and around the Moon without landing.

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#NASA #ESA
#Apollo #Apollo8 #Apollo13
https://youtu.be/ve5CIVTZtw0?si=SS9v9RUzehVH7En4

Jim Lovell – commandant van Apollo 13 – overleden
De Amerikaanse astronaut Jim Lovell, commandant van de Apollo 13-maanmissie die in 1970 bijna op een ramp uitliep na een
#Apollo13 #Apollo8 #Houston #JimLovell #maan #nasa #We'veHadAProblem
https://www.kuuke.nl/jim-lovell-commandant-van-apollo-13-overleden/

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James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died https://arstechni.ca/HS2V #Spaceexploration #spacehistory #JamesLovell #moonvoyager #astronaut #JimLovell #apollo13 #Gemini12 #obituary #TomHanks #apollo8 #Gemini7 #Space #death #Shaky #died #NASA

Ad astra, Jim Lovell, may you rest in peace. An inspiration to generations, a talented and dedicated leader who sacrificed so much and always tried to do the right thing. #pilot #astronaut #commander #Apollo8 #Apollo13 #Gemini7 #Gemini12 #Apollo #Gemini #NASA #America #obituary

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