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With testimony peace and hope for all mankind. >> a war raging in vietnam budget demands raging in washington. the program itself continued in 1970s the u.s. launched a space station and then there was a joint mission with the russians called apollo soyuz. then the space shuttle, amazing but through the years budget cuts every year bit by bit the u.s. pulling back and others more than happy to fill the gap. russia china, independent i independent -- india. japan. the country space relegated to hitching rides. >> ushered in like apollo these companies are getting off to a rocky start. on decemb...

To ever look down on the earth and see it as its entirety as an orb floating in space, it turns out that is not just a scientific achievement, that really is something, and so, they said so. >> we are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on earth, the crew of "apollo 8" have 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, and the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters and god said, "let there be light," and there was light. and ...

They took this famous picture of the earth rise, the earth rising instead of the sun rising, and no human being had ever seen that before, and it turns out that being the first creatures to ever look down on the earth and see it as its entirety as an orb floating in space, it turns out that is not just a scientific achievement, that really is something, and so, they said so. >> we are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on earth, the crew of "apollo 8" have a message that we would like to send to you. in the beginning, god created the heaven and the earth, and the earth ...

And from the crew of "apollo 8," we close with goodnight, good luck, a merry christmas, and god bless all of you, all of you on the good earth. >> bless you all, all of you on the good earth, from way up here, where humans have never been before, where you guys look awesome. that was 45 years ago tomorrow, christmas eve, and millions of people heard that first ever broadcast from space. today in chicago, they re-enacted that live broadcast from space with astronaut jim lovell taking turns, reading those lines from genesis with high school students, and they did it in the museum where the "apol...

Have ever been able to look down at the earth and see the planet. they took this famous picture of the earth rise, the earth rising instead of the sun rising, and no human being had ever seen that before, and it turns out that being the first creatures to ever look down on the earth and see it as its entirety as an orb floating in space, it turns out that is not just a scientific achievement, that really is something, and so, they said so. >> we are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on earth, the crew of "apollo 8" have a message that we would like to send to you. in t...