On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

Apollo 8, launched in 1968 amidst a turbulent year, provided a unifying message of peace to a global audience through a televised Christmas Eve reading from the Book of Genesis. The mission's ...

On the first mission around the moon, the crew of Apollo 8 delivered a Christmas Eve message back to Earth on December 24, 1968.

A look at NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, its impact in 1968, and how Artemis 2 could shape the future of human spaceflight in 2026 ...

1968 was a year desperately in need of a Merry Christmas. The year had seen student protests worldwide, the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War, a chaotic Democratic National Convention, the ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. December 1968 was a difficult time for many in the world, as war and hostages, riots and assassinations drew our ...

Captain James Lovell was navigator on Apollo 8. He spoke at the Museum of Science and Industry, which is home to the Apollo 8 module "On the 9th orbit around the moon. Here's what we said, 'For all ...

The year 1968 was by all measures a terrible one for America. Two of our nation's leaders were assassinated—Senator Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Following King's murder, a series of riots ...

Communities near NASA lit luminarias so the Apollo 8 astronauts could find their way home. The tradition has continued ever since.

'My reason for joining NASA was to participate in the Apollo program, the lunar program, and hopefully beat the Russians. I never looked at it for any individual goals.' When you purchase through ...