December 24, 1968, First men to leave Earth's orbit, first to see the Earth in its entirety, first to see the far side of the Moon, and first to wear Speedmasters doing it. Bill Anders if you see this message me

CREDIT - NASA Goddard LRO





I wish you all here at the Omega Forum a very Merry Christmas Eve.

 

Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Thanks for posting

 

LRO! Awesome. Thanks. Merry Christmas Eve.

 

Great post as always John. Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year.

 

superb. thanks for posting that.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Merry Christmas!
FYI The moon is now 122.5 cm away from the earth since 1968

 

Superb signed Apollo 8 caseback... Thx for sharing !
Posted some rarely seen Apollo 8 photos --> https://moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com/archive

 

The obligatory Christmas Eve bump.

NASA Goddard has updated their Earthrise video to 4K for the 50th anniversary and managed to get it out before the Apollo 8 Speedmaster. Definitely worth 6 minutes of your time if you have not seen it before.

To all who celebrate Christmas or not, I wish you a safe and prosperous 2019 with family, friends, and loved ones.

 

Thank you. And Merry Christmas/Happy New Year's to you and everyone else here.

 

Helo 66 ... Ready for recovery !
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The obligatory Christmas Eve bump.

55 years ago today a trio of Speedmaster made their maiden trip around the Moon on December 24th 1968.

I wish you all a safe and prosperous 2024 with family, friends, and loved ones.

TLIGuy signing out. Mission Complete.

 

Thanks for sharing @TLIGuy

If anyone finds themselves in Chicago, Lovell's watch and the actual Apollo 8 CM are on display at the museum of science and industry.