Earthrise
Jul 16, 2019
3 minutes
By William Anders
When Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center on 21 December 1968, the three astronauts on board - Frank Borman, William Anders and James Lovell – had zero interest in photographing the Earth from space. Borman, in particular, wasn’t happy about having cameras on board, as he believed that such equipment might divert the crew from its mission, which was essentially to orbit the moon and return to Earth in one piece. Despite Borman’s misgivings, room
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