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Earth Rise
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Earth Rise |
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During 1968, the Apollo 8 [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo8/Apollo8.html ] crew flew from the Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html ] to the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010218.html ] and back. The crew, consisting of Frank Borman [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/borman-f.html ], James Lovell [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lovell-ja.html ], and William Anders [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/anders-wa.html ], were launched atop a Saturn V rocket [ http://www.apollosaturn.com/frame-sv.htm ] 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/apollo/AS08/a08.htm ] mission's impressive list of firsts includes: the first humans to journey to the Earth's Moon [ http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html ], the first manned flight using the Saturn V [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010525.html ], and the first to photograph the Earth from deep space. The famous picture above [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS8/10074963.htm ], showing the Earth rising above [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010713.html ] the Moon's limb as seen from lunar orbit, was a marvelous gift to the world. |
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Earth Rise
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Earth Rise |
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During the 1968 Christmas season Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders flew the Apollo 8 [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-8/ apollo-8.html ] command module From the Earth to the Moon [ http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/ Literature/Gutenberg/etext93/moon10.txt ] and back (launched Dec. 21, achieved 10 lunar orbits, landed Dec. 27). The Apollo 8 [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS08/Apollo8_fact.html ] mission's impressive list of firsts includes, the first manned flight using the Saturn V rocket [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950829.html ], the first humans to journey to the Earth's Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951128.html ], and the first to photograph the Earth from deep space [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950819.html ]. The famous picture above [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS8/10074963.htm ], showing the Earth rising above the Moon's limb as seen from lunar orbit, was a marvelous gift to the world. This was astronaut James Lovell's third mission. His last flight would be as commander of Apollo 13 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950708.html ]. |
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Earthrise
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Earthrise |
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In December of 1968, the Apollo 8 [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo8/Apollo8.html ] crew flew from the Earth to the Moon [ http://jv.gilead.org.il/pg/moon/ ] and back again. Frank Borman [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ borman-f.html ], James Lovell [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ lovell-ja.html ], and William Anders [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ anders-wa.html ] were launched atop a Saturn V rocket [ http://www.apollosaturn.com/saturnv.htm ] on December 21, circled the Moon ten times in their command module, and returned to Earth on December 27. The Apollo 8 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/ MasterCatalog?sc=1968-118A ] mission's impressive list of firsts includes: the first humans to journey to the Earth's Moon [ http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html ], the first manned flight using the Saturn V [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010525.html ], and the first to photograph [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo8/ A08_Photography.html ] the Earth from deep space. As the Apollo 8 command module rounded the farside of the Moon, the crew could look toward the lunar horizon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010713.html ] and see the Earth appear to rise, due to their spacecraft's orbital motion. The famous picture [ http://www.abc.net.au/science/moon/earthrise.htm ] that resulted, of a distant blue Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030426.html ] above the Moon's limb, was a marvelous gift to the world. |
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