On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to orbit the Moon, and the first to witness the magnificent sight called "Earthrise." #TCMParty #Apollo13 - ThreadSky

coughlinbrett.bsky.social • 8 days ago

On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to orbit the Moon, and the first to witness the magnificent sight called "Earthrise."

#TCMParty #Apollo13

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butchugal.bsky.social•7 days ago

And here’s what it actually looked like…

wdtcchairjt.bsky.social•7 days ago

My father-in-law is deeply religious, and a big fan of the Apollo missions. We have a sublimation printer and a heat press, so we made him a coffee cup with this scene and the quote. The QR code takes you to a documentary on YouTube about the photo.

wildune.bsky.social•8 days ago

Just watched Apollo 13 on TCM tonight. These folks - all of them- were so courageous and inspirational

asneakypete.bsky.social•7 days ago

'In a highway service station
Over the month of June
Was a photograph of the earth
Taken coming back from the moon
And you couldn't see a city
On that marbled bowling ball
Or a forest or a highway
Or me here least of all'

Joni

cmarmot.bsky.social•8 days ago

I remember it. It was so moving.

grigorylukin.bsky.social•8 days ago

I can see my house from here! :)

frozenhustle.bsky.social•8 days ago

Because the same side always faces Earth, how does Earth rise over the horizon?

wdtcchairjt.bsky.social•7 days ago

This was taken from orbit - as they went around the moon, earth came into view and rose above the horizon - earthrise!

coughlinbrett.bsky.social•8 days ago

Lunar Libration.

frozenhustle.bsky.social•8 days ago

Learned something new. Thank you. I thought the lunar landings were well inside the bright side of the moon so they didn't have to worry as much about freezing in the darkness.

hnchman21.bsky.social•8 days ago

From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.
-Mitchell

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