Scientists had an interest in this area of the moon as a possible landing zone for a future human landing, and indeed Apollo ...

When Wright used his animation software to match Apollo 8’s orientation to each photo, he realized something remarkable: The spacecraft was pointed nose-down at the Moon and was still rotating ...

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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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 ...