NASA's Apollo 8 mission in 1968 became the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon and back but an image repeatedly portrayed on social media as showing a couple watching its launch is digitally ...

Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8, wrote in his autobiography, "The NASA of more recent years got the idea that you could put almost any highly intelligent person into a spacecraft and qualify ...

Anders was part of the 1968 Apollo 8 crew who became the first three people to circle the moon along with fellow astronauts Jim Lovell and mission commander Frank Borman. Anders, who served as the ...

explaining his reaction to opening the Apollo 8 capsule The Apollo 8 mission made history and its crew were rightfully honored as the bravest of explorers. Of course, these heroes were only human.

Anders' famous "Earthrise" photo was taken on Christmas Eve in 1968 during the Apollo 8 mission. "Bill Anders offered to humanity among the deepest of gifts an astronaut can give. He traveled to ...

Apollo 8 was headed toward a 119-mile high earth orbit ... U.S. News // 5 hours ago DeSantis proposes NASA headquarters in Florida, lauds new space consortium Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Florida Gov.