It's Christmas Eve today, in case you hadn't noticed, so Merry Christmas to everyone first of all. But, today is also a very special anniversary in human history. Because 40 years ago today, on Christmas Eve 1968, humans saw Earthrise for the first time. The mission of Apollo 8 was the first one to take humans to another celestial body, with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders spending 24 hours in lunar orbit. During their fourth orbit, mission commander Borman happened to look out of the window... read more
