Very good podcast by The Planetary Society on Apollo 8, that orbited the Moon (for real) on Xmas Eve 1968. Interview with author of Rocket Men.
https://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=57804395&autoplay=1
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This is the 50th anniversary of the most audacious space mission in history. Apollo 8 blazed a path for the first moon landing seven months later, and gave a troubled nation reason for hope and pride.# Author Robert Kurson has written Rocket Men as a tribute to--and chronicle of—the mission and the people who made it happen. The new edition of The Planetary Report is now available to all, according to Senior editor Emily Lakdawalla.# Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts also celebrates Apollo 8 in this week’s What’s Up.# Learn more at:# http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/...-apollo-8.html
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Also noteable for perhaps the most famous photo ever taken: Earthrise