"In December of 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel to another body in space. But as crew members Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders all later recalled, the most important thing they discovered was Earth."

50 years ago. "For the astronauts seeing the Earthrise was an unexpected and electrifying experience. One of the 3 photographs taken by Bill Anders became an iconic image of the 20th century."

"We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth."-- William Anders

For me, 50 years later, it's still the most beautiful and most important photograph ever taken. It was the 1st time humans saw their entire planet in one picture. Earth is a wonderful place. Let's hope we don't destroy it.

NASA Goddard

Published on Dec 21, 2018

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In December of 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel to another body in space. But as crew members Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders all later recalled, the most important thing they discovered was Earth. Using photo mosaics and elevation data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), this video commemorates Apollo 8's historic flight by recreating the moment when the crew first saw and photographed the Earth rising from behind the Moon. Narrator Andrew Chaikin, author of "A Man on the Moon," sets the scene for a three-minute visualization of the view from both inside and outside the spacecraft accompanied by the onboard audio of the astronauts. Ernie Wright (USRA): Lead Visualizer and Producer Andrew Chaikin: Producer Dan Gallagher (USRA): Producer and Lead Video Editor David Ladd (USRA): Associate Producer Noah Petro (NASA/GSFC): Producer and Scientist John Keller (NASA/GSFC): Scientist Richard Vondrak (NASA/GSFC): Scientist Andrew Chaikin: Narrator Michael Randazzo (AIMM): Video Editor Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems Inc.): Technical Support Ian Jones (ADNET Systems Inc.): Technical Support This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4593 Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc

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