Fifty four years later, it is hard to miss Apollo 8’s seismic impact. It capped an incredible year of news which were not always great.
Tag: Apollo 8
The Road to the Moon Landings – Apollo 8 – The Telegraph Magazine
The first to produce Apollo 8 special issues in color were the major newspapers. The New York Times had Earthrise on its front page on December 30. The Daily Telegraph waited until its weekend magazine, published on January 10.
The Road to the Moon Landings – Apollo 8 – Time Magazine, 1969
A week afer Apollo 8 astronauts – Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders – landed safely in the Pacific Ocean, they were TIME’s Men of the Year
The Road to the Moon Landings – Apollo 8 – The Times, 1969
Apollo 8 capped an incredible year of news which were not always great: two political assassinations in the US, the worsening situation in Vietnam, turmoil of college campuses and around the world, and the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia.
The Road to the Moon Landings – Apollo 8 – National Geographic, 1969
The articles on Apollo 8 appeared in National Geographic several months after the missions but the magazine produced an in-depth story.
The Road to the Moon Landings – Apollo 8 – Look Magazine, 1969
Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times and the largest-ever TV audience looked on.
The Road to the Moon Landings – Apollo 8 – Paris Match, 1969
Apollo 8 mission (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing.