On December 24, 1968, a pivotal moment in history unfolded as NASA's Apollo 8 astronauts—Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders—witnessed the Earthrise above the Moon's surface, forever altering ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Fifty years ago on Christmas Eve, a tumultuous year of assassinations, riots and war drew to a close in heroic and hopeful fashion with the three Apollo 8 astronauts reading ...
And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you — all of you on the good Earth. – Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman, Christmas Eve,1968 ...
On Dec. 27, 1968, two days after Christmas in one of the USA's worst years on record, the astronauts aboard Apollo 8 returned home after almost a week in space. The NASA mission crewed by astronauts ...
After spending 10 days, 20 hours, nine minutes, and three seconds in space, the Apollo 7 space mission splashed down in the Atlantic 200 nautical miles off Bermuda at 7.11am on October 22, 1968. The ...
On December 24, 1968, as the astronauts of Apollo 8 orbited the Moon, they caught an amazing view of the Earth rising over the lunar horizon. They were the first humans to see it. The view came as a ...
NASA has received its first astronaut candidate resignation since 1968, the space agency confirmed in a statement today. The decision was made by 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Robb Kulin who will be ...
NASA and SpaceX have landed four astronauts in the Atlantic Ocean after a successful space mission in the first 'splashdown' of its kind since the Apollo 8 moonshot. The quartet touched down in ...
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