Today is the 40th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 8's broadcast, a mission that saw humans witness Earth rise for the first time
Without a Lunar Module (LM), Apollo 8 had a Lunar Test Article that was a representative mass of the LM
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40 years ago today: Apollo 8's Christmas Eve broadcast
Today is the 40th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 8's broadcast, a mission that saw humans witness Earth rise for the first time
Without a Lunar Module (LM), Apollo 8 had a Lunar Test Article that was a representative mass of the LM
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on December 24, 2008 4:22 PM | Reply
One factual issue - the test mass remained attached to the S-IVb. It was not taken to the moon. It can be seen as a ring attached to the S-IVb on one of the more iconic pictures from that mission (I remember that, as a kid, my sister had a puzzle of that picture).
Great choice for a Christmas eve post.