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This iconic photograph of Earth was taken from lunar orbit on this day in 1968, during the first crewed voyage to orbit the Moon. Sign up to receive This Happened straight to your inbox each day!
Assassination and riot, chaos, the astronauts of apollo 8 circled the moon and spoke to us here on earth, through the silence of space, on a silent night on christmas eve. they read the story of "christmas creation" from king's james bible in the beginning got created heaven and earth and god said, let there be light. and that light is still with us, illuminated americans and citizens of the world. a light in the beginning lit bethlehem. a light that shines still today, in our own time, our own lives as question sing "o holy night" as law is gospel and peace, i wish for you and for our nation,...
Humans back to space and the moon soon. joining us now with more insight into this mission is retired nasa astronaut, leroy chow. so leroy, today is for celebrating. what does the next stage of work look like? we always want to look ahead? >> absolutely. so, this flight test looked like it went very well. there were a few small glitches with the power systems, the antennas, and the star trackers a little bit. but by and large, everything looked like it went extremely well. probably the next step is to plan to put humans onboard this spacecraft and rocket and launch them around the moon into lu...
1968, the summer before junior high school, and i don't mind saying i was a pretty fair little athlete. >> "the wonder years" was a guy in modern times looking back on his childhood. that in itself is not new, but "the wonder years" did it with a wit and with the music. it was a brilliantly written show and a great performance by that entire young cast. >> hey, steve -- it looks like my baby brother and his girlfriend have found each other. >> she's not my girlfriend. >> kevin arnold has to cope with all the timeless problems of growing up during one of the most turbulent times that we have kn...
Wit and with the music. it was a brilliantly written show and a great performance by that entire young cast. >> hey, steve. it looks like my baby brother and his girlfriend have found each other. >> she's not my girlfriend. >> kevin arnold has to cope with all the timeless problems of growing up during one of the most turbulent times that we have known. >> kevin arnold is just like a regular kid except in the 1960s. and he's not really aware of many of the events. like in one of the episodes, the whole family's watching the apollo 8 take off. but i'm just sitting there trying to call a girl. >...