Apollo 8, December 1968. From lunar orbit, the crew watched Earth rise above the Moon’s horizon and captured one of the most important views in human history, our entire planet hanging in space. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo8 #Earthrise #SpaceHistory #NASA | SpaceEve

On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Discover space history 👉 https://trib.al/XcMT6nK Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo program. It was also the first mission to bring humans to the moon. It lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a Saturn V rocket. This was the first time that a Saturn V launched with people on board. In the Apollo Command Module were astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders. The astronauts didn't land on t