Apollo 8's Earthrise - A Christmas Miracle [4K] | Earthrise: The First Lunar Voyage

Apollo 8's Earthrise - A Christmas Miracle [4K] | Earthrise: The First Lunar Voyage | Spark

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On Christmas Eve 1968, one of the largest audiences in television history tuned in to an extraordinary sight: a live telecast of the Moon's surface as seen from Apollo 8, the first manned space flight to travel out to the moon. The Historic Journey captivated people around the world. Many welcomed a technological triumph in space after a year marked by assassinations, riots, and war, but the mission's success was far from assured. The Apollo 8 astronauts had just four months to prepare for the risky lunar orbit, and catastrophic failure would have brought a halt to America's goal of putting a man on the moon before the end of the decade. This definitive account of mankind's first journey away from earth's gravitational hold recounts the flight many consider to be NASA's most daring and important. Interviews with Apollo 8 astronauts, their wives, mission control staff, and journalists take viewers inside the high-stakes space race of the late 1960s, with rare footage and audio. In this expanded director's cut, the film reveals how a bold decision by NASA administrators put a struggling Apollo program back on track, and changed the way the earth was viewed forever.
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@SparkDocs 2 жыл бұрын

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@douglasgriffiths3534 Жыл бұрын

I had a cassette recorder I got for Christmas that year---a basic Panasonic one, with external microphone. It was the present I opened that Christmas Eve. I recorded that Christmas message from Apollo 8, and still have it to this day. Time has taken its toll on the recording, but it's still audible, even with the hiss of the tape. My parents kept it for me, and I got it back after my mom died in 2013. It's kept in my gun safe, and very rarely played, and when it is played, it's always on Christmas Eve. (Jan Griffiths).

@levent8208 Жыл бұрын

Wow, good story Douglas !

@yassassin6425 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful account - thank you. I loved reading this until I arrived at this part - "It's kept in my gun safe" - A terribly sad reminder of the realities of modern day America.

@levent8208 Жыл бұрын

@@yassassin6425 Yes

@smeeself Жыл бұрын

That a lovely story. I'm both impressed and envious, and just plain happy for you. 🤩

@smeeself Жыл бұрын

@@yassassin6425 Is the Yanks who DON'T have gun safes that are the problem.

@carabela125 8 ай бұрын

1968 was the last year we all lived at home. I had a little black and white television in my room. It all seemed easy like there was no risk at all.

@martinblunden4689 8 ай бұрын

Truly a groundbreaking and dangerous undertaking, you have to admire the courage of those guys who stepped into the unknown

@robertabrams8562 Жыл бұрын

I was just 8yrs old, but remember this well! It’s hard to believe I’m 62 now, and will live to see Artemis 1 (unmanned) return to the moon again soon!

@douglasgriffiths3534 Жыл бұрын

Same. I'm 66, and remember Apollo 8 very well. I will also live to see Artemis 1. I was 12 when Apollo 8 orbited the Moon. (Jan Griffiths).

@budwhite9591 Жыл бұрын

I wish I could have seen this first hand. My dad was probably 12 or 13 in 1968. He lived with his mom and stepdad in Daytona, and his stepdad was a GE engineer contacted by NASA and he worked on the wiring and circuits for the simulators. CM and LM. He was on his way home on the night of the Apollo 1 accident and my grandma had gotten the call that there was an accident and he needed to return to work. He said “i literally just passed those guys in the hallway on my way home”.

@PumaTwoU 7 ай бұрын

This moment in time was pivotal to my personal growth. More importantly, it was a pivotal moment for the planet in the midst of turmoil, yet during a time of social change, where young people like myself sought peace in all mankind, a respect for our planet and keeping it whole and viable. We need these reminders even now, every day, that such things are possible, that humanity is capable of creating such peace, if we simply care to make it so. Thank you for this fine documentary work. It helps renew our souls.

@TheCream14 8 ай бұрын

My favorite space mission of all. That message on Christmas Eve was so inspirational.

@lainnanewman9821 2 жыл бұрын

The best Christmas story ever! A message of peace, hope, faith and unity for all humanity.

@tropicalpalmtree 2 жыл бұрын

There's no unity or peace anymore.

@duggydugg3937 2 жыл бұрын

moon landing men fairy tale

@negrildoc Жыл бұрын

This was almost as significant as Armstrong taking that step. Really gutsy move by NASA and space program.I was seven yrs old at the time and thought Id grow up in a world where space travel would be abundant. I dreamed of going around the moon too. good luck to the next generation

@CaribouDataScience Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite Apollo mission.

@Quanvietdung1 2 жыл бұрын

I am Vietnamese In 1968, when the Apollo 8 mission took place, my country Vietnam was at war, very few Vietnamese people knew about the Apollo 8 mission. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders of Apollo 8 were the first people in human history to have seen Earth from another world.

@DanKolis 2 жыл бұрын

Like buddy boy Einstein said: "Problems involving people, usually have no solutions". Now there is a lot of energy devoted to international consolidation of hatred in space. "International" unless of course your "The Chinese". Science can't fix the big problem, which is a 100% people thing. Still the technology part is kind of interesting. It's just hard how low you have to set expectations of people collectively, No expectation, no prediction of human behavior, can possibly be imagined as bad as what people plan and desire to do everyday.

@richardlawson6787 2 жыл бұрын

Just think ...Jim Lovell went to the moon twice but never walked on the surface...Eugene cernan also went twice but he got to walk in it on his second mission....imagine the bravery putting your life on the line with unproven technology....brave indeed

@Quanvietdung1 2 жыл бұрын

@@richardlawson6787 Having traveled to the moon twice but never touched its surface, Jim Lovell is the only person in human history to have experienced this bitter feeling. Jim Lovell is a very funny and friendly astronaut.

@therealuncleowen2588 Жыл бұрын

@@richardlawson6787 John Young also flew to the moon twice, on Apollo 10 and landing on Apollo 16.

@armiesep8710 2 жыл бұрын

My dad worked for Boston illustrated Wire & Cable Co.they were located El Segundo Ca. His job was, braiding the cables used for all the Apollo Flights. He took great pride, knowing he had a small part, in the Apollo program, through NASA. I was 17 years old when Apollo 8 flight went into Space.

@cliffordjones9226 Жыл бұрын

The Earthrise photo was taken on my 15th Birthday.

@pedrodiaz5540 2 жыл бұрын

When you see the Saturn V going up and roaring, you are watching the most complex,powerful and a the same time beautiful machine ever built, a masterpiece of engineering .

@Wbc1811 Жыл бұрын

man: says this beautiful statement about the Saturn v the starship: exists

@inigobantok1579 Жыл бұрын

@@Wbc1811 the starship could only carry 90 to 100 tons at 9 Million pounds of thrust while the saturn v can carry 140 tons at only 7.5 Million pounds of thrust.

@Wbc1811 Жыл бұрын

@@inigobantok1579 well but that's out of context, this is about what rocket can carry the most weight, not how much weight they can carry compared to how much thrust they put out. moreover, this was a little bit of a joke of a comment on my part because the starship hasn't even done a "real" launch yet.

@harrietharlow9929 Жыл бұрын

I'm stiII awed by footage of the Saturn V taking the ApoIIo 11 crew skyward. It is a magnificent work of engineering. My hat is off to aII who participated in both the design and construction.

@alejandronopasanada5302 Жыл бұрын

Just yesterday I was watching how they can’t duplicate the job and have just achieved the same thrust to weight ratio.

@ro4eva 2 жыл бұрын

Hearing the astronauts; hearing those brave men read from Genesis was incredibly moving.

@harrietharlow9929 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is. I've aIways feIt that the furor aver it afterward was petty. I think it was incredibIy appropriate.

@virginialopez4166 11 ай бұрын

Yes that was wonderful !!! That The Austronauts believe on OUR ALMAGTHY HEAVENLY FATHER JEHOVAH GOD. Good for you !!! Apollo 8.!¡!! GOD Blessed all of you

@alanluscombe8a553 13 күн бұрын

Yes. I’m not religious but I think that moment in Apollo 8 on Xmas eve reading genesis while looking at earth from the moon is one of the finest moments in human history. I’ve seen that clip many times and it still gives me the same feeling every time. It would have been truly incredible to be there

@flybouy11 Жыл бұрын

Watched it on TV on Christmas Eve with family.

@Roy-cu5bv Жыл бұрын

Apollo 8 was way more ballsy than any moon landing

@wizzardofpaws2420 2 жыл бұрын

The joy of this mission was so incredible. World wide excitement like never before over the landing on the moon. It was my 14th birthday and I watched with my mother as they landed. We screamed for joy and cried for joy! What a day it was.

@dannyspelman1468 2 жыл бұрын

This one didn't actually land on the moon but it is my favourite of the Apollo missions.

@anthonyromano1014 2 жыл бұрын

@@dannyspelman1468 yesl

@RideAcrossTheRiver Жыл бұрын

@@anthonyromano1014 The astronauts said they felt the spacecraft veering to a new course when the S-IVB fired to TLI.

@harrietharlow9929 Жыл бұрын

We were super excited at my house too. I remember NeiI Armstrong take that "one smaII step for a man, one giant Ieap for mankind". And weII, it was fabuIous! I can remember cIeary neary 53.5 years Iater. That was quite an era!

@donaldvincent 2 жыл бұрын

I was a little kid when the Apollo program was still alive. It seemed like we as Americans and we as Humans could do anything. The future held such promise. Then all we got was a lot of bad drivers due to Facebook being irresistible and text messages that cannot wait.

@ryan1274 Жыл бұрын

Liberalism is the best way to destroy a country.

@douglasgriffiths3534 Жыл бұрын

Yep. We have regressed so much. I don't have Facebook, nor even a smartphone for that matter. I have zero interest in them. I have a landline phone and an answering machine. I have a flip phone just in case I have an emergency. (Jan Griffiths).

@GF93725 Жыл бұрын

in 1968 I was a years old and all I heard was how russians beat us in the space race until we sent them to the moon. I remember just like some of you here. That we were all glue to the t.v. if you own one but if not you go to your neighbor or neighborhood store windows to watch it and that's the way it happened. From that day I I believed in America but then came 70s Capricorn among other conspiracies and state of mind change. thanks for allowing me to comment

@jayvee3462 2 жыл бұрын

WOW! This was intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, etc. moving. Thank you for posting. I was 15 years old at the time and seeing history being made at the time and seeing it at 68 now is an eye opener. So much had happened I wasn't aware of at that time!!!!!!!!

@Quanvietdung1 Жыл бұрын

To this day, in 2023, the Apollo 8 crew is still alive 😊

@larry7124 6 ай бұрын

Not anymore R I P Frank Borman Commander of Apollo 8 you will be miss

@timbrom 2 жыл бұрын

So many people working to one end. Mathematicians, engineers, cutters and welders and at the top of the missile, three extraordinary men. Backed, it is clear, by three extraordinary women. Would that we had that drive and ability today. Bravo!

@alanluscombe8a553 13 күн бұрын

I believe Apollo 8 orbiting the moon and reading genesis looking back at the earth in Xmas eve is a stand out moment in human history. I could not imagine the feeling of being there

@dannyspelman1468 2 жыл бұрын

I never actually knew about this mission until I was about 32. I only ever heard of the Apollo 11 Moon landing but when I saw this documentary I was actually far more fascinated. These guys were the first to actually go to the Moon, albeit without a landing. 🌙

@RideAcrossTheRiver Жыл бұрын

Now you need to read up on Apollo 10!

@hondalimited7509 2 жыл бұрын

The most exciting of times. Blessed to be just days from my 18th birthday. With all the turmoil transpiring on the earth, this changed the focus to look at what we could accomplish. America breathed again when the Apollo 8 made that transmission after emerging from the dark side of the moon. Wonderful times experienced

@override7486 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing Chris Kraft talking about this things in past tense brings tears to my eyes. Unbelievable man and unbelievable mission...

@vanadiumV 2 жыл бұрын

you are brainwashed buddy do you know that ? you affirm that it is an unbelievable mission yet you believe it !

@michaelkilgoresr.8361 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely OverRide. It was indeed an unbelievable mission. It was such an incredible mission some uneducated people really don't believe it happened. The evidence of these missions taking place is overwhelming. Its a shame that some folks use the very same internet that was rooted from Apollo and don't believe the program ever took place. . I think its worthy to note. The Apollo Program was the first time integrated circuits was used as well as silicon chips. Fitting a computer into the size of a telephone booth in the 1960s was an extreme challenge and took raw talent and expertise in their field by the engineers that built the Apollo Spacecrafts What those men and Women accomplished is nothing short of remarkable. Please do not let some disgraceful moon hoaxer that has no college degree tell you that these missions are fake. The bold and brave astronauts that flew these missions risked their lives for all of us. Also over 300,000 Americans who worked on the Apollo program will all tell you, that these achievements was really made. THANKYOU APOLLO 8 YOU SAVED 1968

@danielyoung6630 9 ай бұрын

AGAIN THANKS FOR SAVING 1968!

@adub1300 2 жыл бұрын

I seriously cannot wait for Artemis 2. I want to experience this the way my parents got to.

@juhanisademaa7598 2 жыл бұрын

I was 16. The most memorable Christmas.

@douglasgriffiths3534 Жыл бұрын

Very memorable. I had just turned 12 on the 11th of Dec. that year. I was glued to the TV during the broadcasts. (Jan Griffiths).

@tomsreviews238 2 жыл бұрын

I remember Frank Borman speaking about the launch. He said that the vibration of the ship was so violent at launch that he thought it was going to explode. He had control of the abort mechanism. He said he took his hand off the lever because he would have rather died than having to pull it. These guys are awesome.

@lobsterdam 2 жыл бұрын

Damn that’s crazy But cool

@BCaldwell 2 жыл бұрын

Borman wasn't a bundle of sticks like these fkn snowflakes are today.....

@AnneDornay 2 жыл бұрын

@@BCaldwell And which snowflakes would they be, sir?

@BCaldwell 2 жыл бұрын

@@AnneDornay Pfffffff

@pedrodiaz5540 2 жыл бұрын

The noise ! They say they were not prepare for the noise, and the answer from the sim techs was that there was no way to reproduce that amount of noise.

@scottspaine4864 2 жыл бұрын

During the trip back to earth mission control read a number of letters that people had sent to NASA. The one letter that stood out was from a elderly women that simply wrote, "Thank you Apollo 8 you saved 1968."

@daffidavit 2 жыл бұрын

At 8:03 Michael Collins gave the go-ahead "you are a go for TLI". Many years later Collins was asked during an interview in front of a large audience, "if you had to do it over again, how would you have said it" (paraphrasing). Collins had to think twice about it but came back many months later when asked the same question and said: "I would have said: The Moon Is Yours, Go For It". The audience chuckled, but Collins meant it. He smacked himself for being too stiff, or too technical during the original response. I admire all of those astronauts of the day, from the first Mercury 7 until the last steps on the moon by Gene Cernan. Of course, all those who came later deserve our respect as well. But the original astronauts were special people in my mind.

@tomstamford6837 2 жыл бұрын

If you get a chance to, have a listen to what Collins said on the same subject in the 2019 PBS documentary "Chasing the Moon." He has always been an interesting speaker, sadly no longer with us, but someone I would have loved to have met.

@daffidavit 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomstamford6837 Thank you, I will. BTW, his book "Carrying the Fire" set the standard for other astronauts who went on to write. I have "Carrying the fire" in my audio-book library and I frequently go to it, no matter where I left off, and listen. Michael Collins was one of the most humble of all of the originals. I'm glad our posterity may listen to him maybe even hundreds of years from now, if we make it that far.

@tomstamford6837 2 жыл бұрын

@@daffidavit I could check, or just ask you, he he, does Collins read the audio book. I am just this moment watching 2 docs on TV and love his sense of humor. I have to start trying to get some astronaut books now.

@daffidavit 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomstamford6837 Collins does NOT read the book himself. But the person who reads it makes you feel as if is Collins himself.

@mahatmahjeebs6622 2 жыл бұрын

" The Moon is Yours , go for it ." Sounds just like , " Go to HELL ! "

@thomassalois3508 2 жыл бұрын

There was no bigger booster of America's Space Program than Walter Cronkite Uncle Walter knew every astronaut from Mercury on up

@gives_bad_advice Жыл бұрын

love me some Cronkite, too

@zquark1 6 ай бұрын

Let's not forget that earlier in that turbulent year, "Uncle Walter" falsely claimed that the Vietnam War was unwinnable. This after the massive defeat of the North Vietnamese and their Soviet and Chinese allies in the Tet Offensive. The conflict was imminently winnable, but the moral cowardice of U.S. politicians and the Leftist media convinced too many Americans otherwise. A shameful phase in U.S. history for which I do not forgive Mr. Cronkite.

@flybouy11 Жыл бұрын

I watched on our first color TV but only black and white for the moon. 24 yrs old.

@richardlawson6787 2 жыл бұрын

While most people know about Neil Armstrong and the first landing few know that we actually went to the moon in 1968...they got within 60 miles of the surface and circled it....

@stanleydavidson6543 Жыл бұрын

Apollo 8 showed that the earth is round and there is only maybe only 200 flate earthers

@johnkaminsky1657 2 жыл бұрын

Such an achievement in a time when things didn't seem all that certain for us. Great documentary, thanks for the share!

@RideAcrossTheRiver Жыл бұрын

Here we are again in uncertainty ... and Artemis launches Monday

@Warriorking.1963 Жыл бұрын

@@RideAcrossTheRiver But did you see the difference in the NASA coverage of Apollo back then and Artemis now? Back in the day, they explained how the rockets worked, the plans for the mission, everything was about what the objective of the particular mission being covered, the crew, and technical stuff. Their coverage of the Artemis launch, was woke BS, covering diversity, discrimination against white males, and how without smart women, none of it would be possible. Thankfully I found another channel, covering the launch in a more traditional way, talking exclusively about the important things and not left wing talking points. Maybe if they would just employ the most qualified people for these jobs and flights, and not worry about what colour their skin is, or where they carry their genitalia, they mightn't have had to abort the launch three times?

@RideAcrossTheRiver Жыл бұрын

@@Warriorking.1963 There was no launch abort. You mean a scrub? That happened all the time in Shuttle and Apollo. Maybe you should move on to other interests like MGTOW.

@Warriorking.1963 Жыл бұрын

I don't know what you specialise in or what your career is, but it sure isn't an English teacher, or at least I hope not! I know you won't be able to grasp this, but scrub is a synonym for abort; I do hope you know what a synonym is...

@iitzfizz 2 жыл бұрын

The sheer size and power of the Saturn V never ceases to amaze me. The fact that people sat on top of that thing and let it rip is crazy.

@pauljw7697 2 жыл бұрын

The Saturn V rocket is still the most powerful machine ever assembled. I watched every televised show of the Apollo missions live on TV back then. I recall sitting on the living room floor that evening & watching the broadcast live. The entire family was gathered for the celebration of Christmas Eve. At the age of 12 & having been raised in strict catholic ways, it sent chills down my spine when they read Genesis from the bible. It's a fantastic memory that still stands out in my mind. It still sends chills down my spine when I watch today here on KZfaq.

@douglasgriffiths3534 Жыл бұрын

@@pauljw7697 I made a recording of that broadcast on the Panasonic cassette recorder I got that year for Christmas. I still have the recording, and it's in very good condition, considering its age. I do play it only on Christmas Eve. (Jan Griffiths).

@pauljw7697 Жыл бұрын

@@douglasgriffiths3534 That has to be great having that to listen to. It still has to send a chill down your spine when they began reading Genesis. No one expected them to do anything other than taking turns wishing all on Earth a Merry Christmas.

@ltkreg 2 жыл бұрын

I still remember that Christmas eve.

@johncage8179 2 жыл бұрын

So fantastic documentary. Thanks for sharing.

@allgood6760 2 жыл бұрын

It is Xmas day today.. Thanks for this I recently got a book about Apollo 8...Apollo was a different generation and now there is a new challenge...Artemis... good luck NASA 👍🇳🇿

@keithharris1672 Жыл бұрын

Apollo 8 was even greater than Apollo 11.

@vladvostok1723 6 ай бұрын

RIP FRANK BORMAN - APOLLO-8 CREW COMMANDER WHO PASSED THIS WEEK. WE ALL SALUTE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE 1960&1970s.

@delanos53 2 жыл бұрын

In a few ways this was more dangerous than the 11 mission. #8 was not originally supposed to orbit the moon but because we had intelligence that said Russia might orbit the moon first we changed the mission. Skipping a couple of steps. It was however a much needed shot in the arm. One woman wrote afterwards thanking them for saving 1968. The iconic photo and speech are a fond memory for me. I had just started high school. One thing that made it more dangerous was they had no LEM on this one. So if they had an accident like 13 had they were screwed.

@lizzyuranta8864 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Chris kraft (1924-2019)

@chetg2924 2 ай бұрын

God Bless the wives who had to hold down the fort so to speak while the men went off to trudge forward for all of humanity.

@gives_bad_advice Ай бұрын

Ueah, it takes a special woman to be married to a man who does dangerous things for a living.

@christinestill5002 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think I ever missed a televised launch after I saw Sputnik go across our sky.

@golden1789 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Thank you.

@Henrikbuitenhuis 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the video and info. I wish you All the best.

@freddyjosereginomontalvo4667 2 жыл бұрын

I love this channel!!!! Take care and have a great weekend 🌍💯

@jameshoran8 Жыл бұрын

Jim Lovell was giving weather reports from space. Awesome.

@texasforever7887 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore Mrs. Borman and her constant disapproval of Lovell and his antics.

@Jan6750 2 жыл бұрын

Always something new to learn. Nice upload! Thanks. 👍

@budwhite9591 Жыл бұрын

It’s amazing how few astronauts there were, but each one a hero. Although, at 32:00 when he said the SPS performed perfectly. I thought it had a minor issue, not critical, but wasn’t perfect

@GardaOrban 10 ай бұрын

I love space lovers! The Eagle has landed!

@oniondeluxe9942 6 ай бұрын

It's amazing what we humans can accomplish if we focus on certain things - the right things. Nowadays, it seems like we got lost somewhere down the line after he 1960s

@valeniusthekat 2 жыл бұрын

@35:05-ish.... Just a tiny blue dot........thank you Dr. Sagan ❤️

@appry78 2 жыл бұрын

The wives are all fantastic interviews.

@ro4eva 2 жыл бұрын

The voice of that narrator is unmistakable. It's radically advanced.

@williaminavanbottle9297 Жыл бұрын

Marilyn Lovell and Jim Lovell... Give an amazing commentary On the DVD Apollo 13 Jim and Marilyn bring that Amazing event, journey, Of Apollo 13 back to life. Back to life...For everyone! Don't let it pass you by!!! Get the DVD. You'll not regret it.

@kevinr9058 2 жыл бұрын

I love watching this Look very close It's beautiful

@thomassalois3508 2 жыл бұрын

It was a great ending to a very bad year

$@fractalnomics$

@fractalnomics 6 ай бұрын

There was a George Lowe on the first Everest Summiting too. He too was important to the end objective. Interesting.

@RonHarrisMe Жыл бұрын

I am 12 minutes in...I am VERY good at matching voices with people, ..is that Joe Morton? If not, it sounds EXACTLY like him. Joe is probably one of the most underrated actors of our time.

@TinFoilHat-dz1gf 4 ай бұрын

I think it is a real shame that 98% of those in schools across this country at all levels will never know what it was like to live through this in real time.

@johnadams5489 Жыл бұрын

From what I recall, Apollo 8 was not scheduled to fly round the moon and then return to earth. NASA found out the Russians were planning on launching their moon rocket and NASA got nervous and changed Apollo 8's mission. As it turns out the Russians where never able to get their big rocket off the ground,

@unownyoutuber9049 11 ай бұрын

The n1 was never going to do that particular mission, they where going to launch a modified Soyuz on a proton rocket to do a lunar flyby (never enter orbit) and come home. They never followed through because America did it first so they saw no point.

@dannyspelman1468 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely RIDDLED with unskippable ads!

@jameshoran8 Жыл бұрын

If I were Jim Lovell, I'd request my ashes be placed on the Moon as he had been there twice, but had never set foot on it.

@foxmccloud7055 6 ай бұрын

RIP Astronaut Frank Borman.

@peribe438 Жыл бұрын

Just…. GREAT

@ApolloKid1961 Жыл бұрын

When earthrise was published we saw how fragile our planet really is. And what a huge mess we made of it. It took almost 60 years for politicians to finally listen. I hope we're not too late yet.

@rong5611 2 жыл бұрын

We need to go back.

@julesdomes6064 2 жыл бұрын

We soon will. Google Artemis mission.

@jamesvandemark2086 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. I watched it at the time as I was 15......

@OneEyedJacker 2 жыл бұрын

These historical tentative steps we take in the exploration of space are unique in their intimacy with those who remain behind. These missions take only a few days, but, as the distances and times of travel increase, it will not be possible to be shared on any kind of real-time basis with people on Earth. The future of space exploration will be a lonely one.

@ciceratenoriodemelo 2 жыл бұрын

Na história da NASA os apollos são referências que o tempo expõe no panteon da História.✍🏼🙎

@lapilibra4672 Жыл бұрын

In 1968, Apollo 8 flew around the Moon. In 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. In 2022, people wonder if the Earth is flat? What happened?

@lorichet Жыл бұрын

Nothing's changed. It just goes to show that people in every generation can be duped.

@matthewwinkel8199 Жыл бұрын

@@lorichet more of a problem now thanks internet and social media 🙄

@lorichet Жыл бұрын

@@matthewwinkel8199 Would you prefer Pravda, comrade? Because when gov't controls all media, that's what you've got. I thank God for the Internet. Though gov't has been desperately trying to censor the Internet, it cannot.

@tomerbauer Жыл бұрын

People these days think they must be smarter than previous generations. Everybody can access any information in a click and every bizarre conjecture can get an audience that on the internet. Luckily we still have people like Elon Musk

@dnealgail8244 2 сағат бұрын

Trump happened.

@IdeologieUK 2 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised they never took cyanide capsules with them. Thinking of it truly logically, the theoretical science was correct and proven at the time, so it was down to engineering. Engineering and balls. Overall, this is my favourite Apollo crew.

@jayr178 2 жыл бұрын

True.

@RideAcrossTheRiver Жыл бұрын

Pilots don't commit suicide when things go wrong.

@whatsreal7506 2 жыл бұрын

Apollo: the best of the best engineering and astronauts! The USA at its best! The world stopped when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon! For a brief second in time as a species we were one... Quickly lost...

@gives_bad_advice Жыл бұрын

even better than 'It's a Wonderful Life'

@charminganarchist 2 жыл бұрын

"Honey, I am home! We got LOTS of videos of me and the boys goofing around in the ship but only 1 still photograph of the EARTHRISE from the air. We ran out of film -- ahem -- by then."

@HoudiniGTP 2 жыл бұрын

They got many shots of earth from that distance. NASA picked the best one and called it Earth rise.

@stephenpage-murray7226 2 жыл бұрын

There’s a lot more than one

@charminganarchist 2 жыл бұрын

"That is lovely, dear! The milkman, the mailman, the fireman and even the pizza boy asked about you while you were away."

@wolfbbq6076 2 жыл бұрын

@@charminganarchist is a pathetic troll.

@larry7124 6 ай бұрын

R I P Frank Borman Commander of Apollo 8 you will be miss

@hannutanttu7057 4 ай бұрын

hieno (fine) document from apollo 8

@user-kz4gf1wp2d 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1964, and still remember not just one thing but two. Firstly I do remember laying on my stomach waching that take off in 1969, and secondly that it was in black and white. That being the case I find it hard to understand the clip which is repeated a few trimes in this presintation, which shows a family gathered together to watch that launch un b&w but they are wearing colourful clothing ?!

@tonbosma8347 2 жыл бұрын

Also born 64, still have the record and the pictures that did go with the record. However look at the joke the US became after this great achievement, so sad... What have we lost? The future could be so much brighter...

@flybouy11 Жыл бұрын

We had color TV at the time and they had it on board. That’s why you see the earth in colors.

@budwhite9591 Жыл бұрын

Hey Jim, as a funny trick, you should reset the guidance back to the launch pad on the dark side

@buttermybutt7 5 ай бұрын

I would rather watch these Apollo 8 videos at Xmas time then "A Wonderful Life", "The Greatest Story Ever Told" or any other Xmas clap trap.😀😁

@AZ0986688 8 ай бұрын

But seriously though, you have to be some kind of rocket scientist to pull off a project like this, I bet!🤓👻

@Johnny7051MC 10 ай бұрын

Are there two of these Earthrise documentaries? Anyone else notice the little differences? For example, this one doesn’t have the childhood and upbringing pics/stories regarding the three astronauts. There are also subtle differences as well. I wonder if this is the TV version.

@chrislong3938 Жыл бұрын

33:11 - I wonder what those lines on the surface are...! They alomost look like wheel tracks though from that hight they obviouly not that. Perhaps they are trenches carved out by an asteriod strike?

@andrewsuvorow6818 6 ай бұрын

RIP Frank Borman

@sakuraturbo3364 2 жыл бұрын

This people did something no other Apollo crew did risk there live to see if they can orbit the moon and come back after this they all knew works

@joehinojosa24 2 жыл бұрын

Like 2001 Space Odessey FOR REAL

@eddieheron1939 20 күн бұрын

Was that planned date the same as the JWST Launch - timing major space related events to coincide with x-Myth?

@rayjames6096 2 жыл бұрын

I remember this flight and Christmas eve 1968, I was seven at the time.

@douglasgriffiths3534 Жыл бұрын

I was 12. I recorded the Christmas Eve message from Apollo 8 on the brand new Panasonic cassette recorder I got for Christmas that year. Still have the recording, and the cassette recorder, which still works. (Jan Griffiths).

@smeeself Жыл бұрын

@@douglasgriffiths3534 You should really get that archived somehow. It's an amazing capture of an amazing moment.

@user-ri9hb6th1w 3 ай бұрын

Yes , it was super risky because like they said if something happens they dont have any options , and at the time they said they didnt think that god would be so unkind as to give them 3 failures at once , but thats what happened on apollo 13 , they would have had no chance of survival had that happened on apollo 8! Its scary to contemplate! 🔄🤕🎇

@8698gil 2 жыл бұрын

I remember this. I was in third grade.

@buttermybutt7 Жыл бұрын

This video along with GangmanStyle has got to be two of the best videos on KZfaq...

@newforestpixie5297 Жыл бұрын

Hey young people - If the smartest brains & technology on the planet had worked together from 1972 , you may not be here in 2022 wondering why in the 50 years since ,humanity hasn’t once traveled more than just 500 miles from the surface of the Earth . (I’m from planet Utopia )🏴☹️❤️

@garyhaber333 2 жыл бұрын

FYI... Frank Borman later became CEO for Eastern Airlines (which I've flown many times in the 70s as a kid)

@jameshoran8 Жыл бұрын

Wow. This had to be a first. If they didn't hear from the crew, the burn was successful. On Lovell's first trip, the burn on the back of the Moon was with the Service Module's engine. On the second trip, it was with the LEM's descent engine as the explosion made firing the Service Module's engine too dangerous.