Page 18 - Bill Anders News Today

"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." -Albert Camus As the year draws to a close, we approach a very special time of year, at least from an astronomical perspective. This Saturday, December 21st, will mark the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere (or the Summer Solstice in the Southern), or the date where the Earth's axis is tilted its maximal amount away from (or towards) the Sun, as viewed from an observer in the Northern (or...

Buzz Aldrin has made it around the sun 92 times, one year shy of the number of minutes he spent walking on the moon.

From the blog of Ralph Buntyn at The Times of Israel

Could the Earth be one of the trillions of experiments God is running throughout the universe? If so, will it be a failed experiment? Humanki...

NASA has shared an iconic image of 'Earthrise' that was snapped on December 24 in 1968, when Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders became the first humans to witness the beautiful scenes of Earth rising above the Moon's barren surface.  Apollo 8 was the first mission when a manned spacecraft left Earth orbit and also reached another astronomical object. The crew orbited the Moon without landing and then returned home safely. 

David Woods follows the trail of Apollo 8 and the first men who went to the Moon – not to land, but simply to see if humans could get there and back again in one piece. Their rushed mission, inspired by a Cold War-fuelled will to outdo the Russians, was a glimmer of light in the dark

The holiday season and space might just be more closely connected than you thought. Check out this list of great Christmas space facts.

This Day In HIstory 12-21

In 1968 on Christmas Eve, this special moment in space became an important part of our history.

On Christmas Eve 1968, the first mission to the Moon changed how we view our home planet forever.