Tag Archives : Earthrise

Space tourism has finally arrived! One need not be a trained astronaut to travel in space; thanks to Space Adventures, the Virginia based company, anyone can now book a ticket for a trip around the moon and catch a priceless glimpse of Earthrise for only $150 million. One anonymous space tourist has already booked a ticket on Soyuz, the Russian spacecraft [...]

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 [...]