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.

Nearly 50 years have passed since NASA's Apollo 8 mission orbited the moon for the first time in history. On December 21, 1968, astronauts Frank Borman, William Anders, and James Lovell left the ...

"I don't know that I could spend a month on a desert island with Frank [Borman]; we might tear each other apart before it was over. I might get two weeks in with [Jim] Lovell though." When the ...

Anders was part of the Apollo 8 mission, which orbitted the Moon before returning to Earth. The mission circled the Moon for ...

The missions were conceived and flown in the era ... Jeff Kluger’s latest book Apollo 8 will be released on May 16. It is available for pre-order here. Correction: The original version of ...

50 years ago this Christmas, three Nasa astronauts; Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders became the first people to orbit the Moon. At the time, the Apollo 8 mission was hailed as the greatest ...

The Apollo moon program resulted in a legacy of thousands of images - all of them of immense value as both scientific and documentary records. Yet 30 years after the event most of them speak only ...

One of the first men to orbit the Moon has told BBC Radio 5 Live that it's "stupid" to plan manned missions to Mars. Bill Anders, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 8, the first manned spaceflight to ...

During missions including Apollo 8, Apollo 11 and Apollo 13, Northcutt sat in a staff support room that the directors in the general mission control room would call if they needed assistance.