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The astronauts of Apollo 8 began their journey to the Moon 57 years ago today...
Posted on 12/21/25 at 5:47 pm
Posted on 12/21/25 at 5:47 pm
December 21, 1968.
Mission commander Frank Borman and fellow astronauts Jim Lovell and Bill Anders left the face of the earth on Saturn V's maiden human voyage. Their destination was the Moon. After a successful launch, Apollo 8 executed a burn that allowed them to leave earth orbit and on Christmas Eve they would broadcast to the world from lunar orbit.
Mission commander Frank Borman and fellow astronauts Jim Lovell and Bill Anders left the face of the earth on Saturn V's maiden human voyage. Their destination was the Moon. After a successful launch, Apollo 8 executed a burn that allowed them to leave earth orbit and on Christmas Eve they would broadcast to the world from lunar orbit.
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Posted on 12/21/25 at 5:51 pm to RollTide1987
Why didn't they wait to go until the summer when it's warmer?
Posted on 12/21/25 at 5:52 pm to RollTide1987
Allegedly
Posted on 12/21/25 at 5:53 pm to RollTide1987
Good stuff.
Longer piece, though there are others that are longer. Really a cool story, Apollo 8. They were behind and decided they needed something to keep the public interested.
Longer piece, though there are others that are longer. Really a cool story, Apollo 8. They were behind and decided they needed something to keep the public interested.
This post was edited on 12/21/25 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 12/21/25 at 6:05 pm to RollTide1987
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The astronauts of Apollo 8 began their journey to the Moon 57 years ago today...
No they didn’t.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 6:10 pm to RollTide1987
That was so fascinating to me as a kid. They always broadcast the launches. Everyone would watch until they were safely in orbit. Then they always broadcast the reentry, and you would watch until they got them back to the aircraft carrier.
I was 9 years old when they did their Christmas Eve broadcast.
It was on of three moments of Apollo that standout in memory..
1. Christmas Eve, man was actually going around the moon in a spacecraft.
2. Neil Armstrong planting his foot on the surface of the moon.
3. Apollo 13 coming in for slashdown. No one thought they would get them back home.
I was 9 years old when they did their Christmas Eve broadcast.
It was on of three moments of Apollo that standout in memory..
1. Christmas Eve, man was actually going around the moon in a spacecraft.
2. Neil Armstrong planting his foot on the surface of the moon.
3. Apollo 13 coming in for slashdown. No one thought they would get them back home.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 6:11 pm to shutterspeed
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Why didn't they wait to go until the summer when it's warmer?
Studio’s have climate control
Posted on 12/21/25 at 7:15 pm to RollTide1987
I have wonderful memories of those times. My dad was one of the nerds in a white shirt and black tie chain smoking Camels at Mission Control that they’d show on TV.
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