Detail View: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection: Earthrise
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Title:
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Earthrise
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Explanation:
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In December of 1968, the Apollo 8 [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo8/Apollo8.html ] crew flew from the Earth to the Moon [ http://jv.gilead.org.il/pg/moon/ ] and back again. Frank Borman [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ borman-f.html ], James Lovell [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ lovell-ja.html ], and William Anders [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ anders-wa.html ] were launched atop a Saturn V rocket [ http://www.apollosaturn.com/saturnv.htm ] on December 21, circled the Moon ten times in their command module, and returned to Earth on December 27. The Apollo 8 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/ MasterCatalog?sc=1968-118A ] mission's impressive list of firsts includes: the first humans to journey to the Earth's Moon [ http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html ], the first manned flight using the Saturn V [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010525.html ], and the first to photograph [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo8/ A08_Photography.html ] the Earth from deep space. As the Apollo 8 command module rounded the farside of the Moon, the crew could look toward the lunar horizon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010713.html ] and see the Earth appear to rise, due to their spacecraft's orbital motion. The famous picture [ http://www.abc.net.au/science/moon/earthrise.htm ] that resulted, of a distant blue Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030426.html ] above the Moon's limb, was a marvelous gift to the world.
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Credit and Copyright:
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Apollo 8 [ http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-8/ apollo-8.html ], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html ]
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facet_who:
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Frank Borman
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facet_when:
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1968
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facet_where:
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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facet_what:
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Apollo 8
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facet_when_year:
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1968
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original url:
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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051224.html
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UID:
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SPD-APOD-ap051224
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