The last time a crew of Americans rode a rocket toward the Moon, the country was reeling from assassinations, riots, and a grinding war. Apollo 8’s Christmas flight in 1968 did not fix any of that, ...

On Christmas Eve 50 years ago, one-third of the world's population listened for the first time to a message from outer space. A reading from the Bible's book of Genesis was delivered by astronauts ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (WCSC) — Fifty-seven years ago, astronauts on the first manned mission to the moon returned to Earth safely after a historic six-day journey. Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr., and ...

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In late December 1968, the Apollo 8 crew of Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to leave Earth and journey to another world. They spent 20 hours orbiting the Moon, and ...

Finally Borman said, "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." It was a shared moment in history.