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Anniversary of First Earthrise Shot from Space!

Anniversary of First Earthrise Shot from Space!

Christmas is celebrated for whole lot of reasons. Here is one more reason to celebrate the day. On this day, some 40 years ago, Apollo 8 crew did a live television broadcast from lunar orbit and world saw first shots of Earthrise as seen from Moon!! There is another interesting twist in the tale. At the end of the show it seems astronauts made a reading [...]