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APOD
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Earth Rise
Explanation: During 1968, the Apollo 8 crew flew from the Earth to the Moon and back. The crew, consisting of 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 landed back on 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. The famous picture above , showing the Earth rising above the Moon's limb as seen from lunar orbit, was a marvelous gift to the world.
| Date | January 27, 2002 |
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| Credit | Credit: Apollo 8 Crew, NASA |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |