Apollo 11
July 19, 1969
Apollo 11 entered lunar orbit this afternoon. The service propulsion engine fired for 6 minutes behind the Moon, and when the spacecraft came back in radio contact, they were in orbit.
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Apollo 8
December 24, 1968
On Christmas Eve 1968, three American astronauts in orbit around the Moon read from the Book of Genesis. Before they read, Bill Anders took a photograph. He called out: "Oh my God, look at that picture over there!" He had seen the Earth rising above the lunar horizon. Earthrise. The…
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