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The people behind the picture. Apollo 8 carried Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders around the Moon in December 196

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Earth above the grey lunar horizon, photographed by Bill Anders aboard Apollo 8 in 1968

NASA/Bill Anders · Earthrise, 24 December 1968 · NASA informational/editorial media usage guidelines

The people behind the picture. Apollo 8 carried Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders around the Moon in December 1968. The mission’s Earthrise photograph offers a different scale for everyday life: a whole planet beyond the lunar surface. NASA’s mission page has the history; this page is an independent reading guide, not an official mission channel.

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