Today in History

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Dec 21, 1968
Apollo 8- 1st manned Moon voyage launched. Astronauts involved in this launch were Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders.

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Source: NASA.gov

Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to leave earth and reach the moon and return safely back to earth. The three main astronaut crew, Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first humans to travel beyond low earth orbit.

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Source: NASA.org

Apollo 8 took 3 days to travel to the moon and the crew made a Christmas Eve television broadcast reading the first 10 verses of the book of Genesis. This broadcast became a hit all around the world at that time.

The crew made it back to Earth on December 27, 1968 and landed in the Northern Pacific Ocean.

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    The first 10 verses from the book of Genesis talks about creation. It is so beautiful.

    1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. 6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day. 9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
    Source: Bible

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