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
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