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EARTHRISE APOLLO 8 1968 Mission Moon Photos

ABOUT THIS FAMOUS NASA IMAGE — planet Earth rising over the moon's lunar landscape:

EARTHRISE Image Description courtesy of www.skyimagelab.com (skyimagelab.com sells posters of this incredible image)

AS08-14-2383 (December 22, 1968) The rising Earth is about five degrees above the lunar horizon
in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft near 110 degrees east longitude.
The horizon, about 570 kilometers (250 statute miles) from the spacecraft, is near the eastern limb
of the Moon as viewed from the Earth. On the earth, the sunset terminator crosses Africa. The
south pole is in the white area near the left end of the terminator. North and South America are
under the clouds.

In December of 1968, the Apollo 8 crew flew from the Earth to the Moon and back again.
Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders were launched atop a Saturn V rocket on
December 21, circled the Moon ten times in their command module, and returned to Earth on
December 27. The Apollo 8 mission's impressive list of firsts includes: the first humans to journey
to the Earth's Moon, the first manned flight using the Saturn V, and the first to photograph the Earth
from deep space. As the Apollo 8 command module rounded the farside of the Moon, the crew
could look toward the lunar horizon and see the Earth appear to rise, due to their spacecraft's
orbital motion. The famous picture that resulted, of a distant blue Earth above the Moon's limb,
was a marvelous gift to the world.

"Earthrise" is probably the world's most reproduced photograph. One sees it everywhere.
Who can tire of it? This is the first photograph taken by man of Earth from Deep Space.
For another Earthrise, see the Apollo 11 Earthrise.

EARTH RISE Image & Caption courtesy of www.nasa.gov.com

In December of 1968, the Apollo 8 crew flew from the Earth to the Moon and back again.
Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders were launched atop a Saturn V rocket on
December 21, circled the Moon ten times in their command module, and returned to Earth
on December 27. The Apollo 8 mission's impressive list of firsts includes: the first humans
to journey to the Earth's Moon, the first to fly using the Saturn V rocket, and the first to
photograph the Earth from deep space. As the Apollo 8 command module rounded the
farside of the Moon, the crew could look toward the lunar horizon and see the Earth appear
to rise, due to their spacecraft's orbital motion. Their famous picture of a distant blue Earth
above the Moon's limb was a marvelous gift to the world.

DOWNLOAD THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION NASA IMAGE of famous Moonrise.

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