Scientists had an interest in this area of the moon as a possible landing zone for a future human landing, and indeed Apollo 11 landed 44 miles southeast of the Ranger 8 impact site in July 1969.

Jeff Kluger’s latest book Apollo 8 will be released ... the surface of the moon. It is almost half-a-century, not almost half-a-decade. The original version of another photo caption misstated ...

The first photo taken by Armstrong on the moon. Bonhams Another notable memento ... took the black-and-white snapshot during the Apollo 8 mission on Christmas Eve in December 1968; it’s expected ...

All three crew members had children who experienced the race to the moon from the inside ... Read these questions and answers to find out. Apollo 8 lunar module pilot William Anders poses with ...

The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first men to see the far side of the moon with their own eyes, without the aid of optical devices. From their orbital altitude of 69 statute miles, Frank Borman ...

The colour photograph of Earthrise - taken by Apollo 8 astronaut, William A. Anders, December 24, 1968. Although the photograph is usually mounted with the moon below the earth, this is how Anders ...

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