Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Earth Rise
Explanation:
During 1968, the Apollo 8 [ http://www.lpi.usra…] crew flew from the Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] to the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and back. The crew, consisting of Frank Borman [ http://www.jsc.nasa…], James Lovell [ http://www.jsc.nasa…], and William Anders [ http://www.jsc.nasa…], were launched atop a Saturn V rocket [ http://www.apollosa…] on December 21, circled the Moon ten times in their command module, and landed back on Earth on December 27. The Apollo 8 [ http://www.nasm.edu…] mission's impressive list of firsts includes: the first humans to journey to the Earth's Moon [ http://www.nineplan…], the first manned flight using the Saturn V [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], and the first to photograph the Earth from deep space. The famous picture above [ http://images.jsc.n…], showing the Earth rising above [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the Moon's limb as seen from lunar orbit, was a marvelous gift to the world.
Credit and Copyright:
Apollo 8 [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] Crew, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
Moon
keyword:
Earth
keyword:
Apollo 8
facet_who:
Frank Borman
facet_who:
William Anders
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Apollo 8
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap020127

Earth Rise
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