The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first men to see the far side ... region where neither sunlight nor reflected light from Earth was visible -- what the astronauts called the "double umbra." ...

The colour photograph of Earthrise - taken by Apollo 8 astronaut, William A. Anders, December 24, 1968. Although the photograph is usually mounted with the moon below the earth, this is how Anders ...

More than 50 years after Apollo 8’s legendary Earthrise photo, a new image from the Moon’s surface delivers a hauntingly ...

Navy Seal frogman to astronaut William Anders, explaining his reaction to opening the Apollo 8 capsule The Apollo 8 ... "The one nice thing about being on earth if someone gets sick, it lands ...

Lots of objects did come back to Earth, and many of them now reside in ... Frank Borman, who orbited the moon as commander of Apollo 8, was invited to meet with officials in the Soviet Union ...

Before Apollo astronauts ... Ranger 8 lifted off from Cape Kennedy, now Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Feb. 17, 1965. The Atlas-Agena rocket first placed the spacecraft into Earth orbit before ...

Omega's new Speedmaster, a tribute to Apollo 8's perilous journey to the far side ... the watch is inspired by the view of the Moon from Earth. Dressed in black with flashes of yellow, the semi ...