APOLLO 8 Anniversary

[Yuri_Gagarin]

At 12:51 utc put your hands together for. Apollo 8

This forum is for looking up at the moon and thinking WOW
And the 3 crew is still alive.

 

[4throck]

My Apollo 8 videos:

And a playlist with the cleaned up TV transmissions:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ4LzWgVGYi11GYnyOwCwWcmDwEGiWU08

 

[Notebook]

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Reflecting_on_Earthrise_50_years_on

 

[NukeET]

I wonder the same myself, as I watched the mission live. I'm curious...anyone else on the forum old enough to remember this flight?

apollo_8_and_where_did_50_years_go?

 

[Sbb1413]

In 25th December 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts saw a Santa Claus from the Moon, although some people thought it was a code name of an alien.

 

[NukeET]

In 25th December 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts saw a Santa Claus from the Moon, although some people thought it was a code name of an alien.

This mention of Santa Claus was referencing a successful TEI burn from the SPS engine in the Apollo service module.

Please see here for details:

Apollo Flight Journal

Scroll down to MET of 89:34:25.

No aliens. Just a report of very good news.