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>> we've got it. we've got it. apollo 8 now in lunar orbit. there is a cheer in the room. >> it's a pretty nice view of the moon. it is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize what you have back there on earth. >> when they were coming around from the far side of the moon, bill anders looked through his side window and saw the earth rising. >> oh, my god. look at that picture over there. there's the earth coming up. wow, isn't that pretty? >> and he snapped a picture. >> when the pictures started coming back of the earth from that distance, the sense of american achievement, the sense of how gr...

>> tonight the crew of apollo 8 presents a christmas eve program from the heavens. >> with a few orbits to go, they made one last television transmission. the public affairs director had said, there will be more people watching that television show than have ever witnessed any event in human history, say something appropriate. >> for all the people back on earth, the crew of apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you. in the beginning, god created the heaven and the earth. and the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep. >> to have the guys read...

Moon where there's no radio contact with mission control. >> apollo 8 will be moving backwards with that engine maneuver. it will slow them down from 5,700 to 3,700 miles per hour. they'll have put themselves into lunar orbit, the first men in history to have done so. and the trickiest and most dangerous part of their flight. >> you could have any one of a number of things go wrong. end up in the wrong orbit or hit the moon. >> we'll see you on the other side. >> we have to have absolute faith in everything that has ever been done to develop this rocket motor. all they can do is point it in th...

That entire young staff. >> hey, steve -- looks like his baby brother and 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've 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 is watching the apollo 8 take off, but i'm sitting there trying to call a girl. >> the first episode of "the wonder years," anybody who saw it remembers the ending where the f...

[ cheers and applause ] >> t plus 30 seconds if you can hear me over the cheering. falcon heavy on our test flying building on history of apollo, returning interplanetary mission. getting ready to throttle down. [ cheers and applause ] >> you heard the callout. vehicle is supersonic. side boosters are now throttling back up to full power. we are past max q, period of