PBS5 个月
Looking at the Moon from Apollo 8
The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first men to see the far side of the moon with their own eyes, without the aid of optical devices. From their orbital altitude of 69 statute miles, Frank Borman ...
PBS7 年
Telecasts from Apollo 8
The broadcasts from Apollo 8 invited huge television audiences onboard the spacecraft. The astronauts showed how things worked in the capsule and performed a memorable Christmas Eve reading.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation5 年
That Photograph
The Apollo moon program resulted in a legacy of thousands of images - all of them of immense value as both scientific and documentary records. Yet 30 years after the event most of them speak only ...
Smithsonian Magazine3 年
The Man Who Won the Moon Race
For its annual “Man of the Year” cover on January 3, 1969, Time magazine made the rare choice to honor not just one individual but three: NASA astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and ...
Sciencing on MSN11 天
Why Humans Haven't Gone Back To The Moon Since 1972
No one has been back to the moon for over 50 years, but the reasons why are multifaceted and not obvious at first glance.