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7. Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast - Genesis Reading (1968)

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Sun Jan 1, 2023, 01:16 PM

Jan 2023

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Apollo 8 Genesis reading - Wikipedia

Astronauts Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman, the first humans to travel to the Moon, recited verses 1 through 10 of the Genesis creation narrative from the King James Bible. [1] Anders read verses 1-4, Lovell verses 5-8, and Borman read verses 9 and 10. Around the world, television sets glowed with the broadcast.

Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast - Genesis Reading (1968)

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"Grand oasis in the vastness of space" Apollo-8 December 24 1968 [View all] SorellaLaBefana Jan 2023 OP

A Good News forum, I didn't know there was one. Beautiful doc03 Jan 2023 #1

Same! Will visit and post here some...there is a strange shortage of optimism on this blue planet. Alexander Of Assyria Jan 2023 #2

KNR niyad Jan 2023 #3

That has to be the most beautiful picture EVER taken by a human being. EVER. Tommymac Jan 2023 #4

Kick. JohnnyRingo Jan 2023 #5

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Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast - Genesis Reading (1968) cbabe Jan 2023 #7