EARTHRISE

“There’s the Earth comin’ up. Wow, is that pretty!” These words were spoken by one of the Apollo 8 astronauts. Another astronaut added, “Oh man, that’s great!”

The three men in the Apollo 8 capsule, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, were the first humans to orbit the Moon. As they came from behind the Moon, they saw the Earth rising from 240,000 miles away. They were taking pictures of