“Earthrise” begins with a quotation from William Anders, who, as a member of the first crew to circle the moon, took the ...

Although the photograph is usually mounted with the moon below the earth ... scheduled for the Apollo 8 mission were to do with capturing high resolution images of the lunar surface - both ...

Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists ...

Anders was part of the Apollo 8 mission, which orbitted the Moon ... an Apollo astronaut who snapped the iconic 1968 ...

(The three astronauts from Apollo 8. Photo: Nasa) In December 1968 ... The crew of Apollo 8 spent 20 hours in orbit, before returning to Earth. They splashed down in the Pacific on 27 December ...