When Apollo 8 Discovered the Earth

How did the Apollo 8 mission impact humanity? Neil reads an excerpt from Starry Messenger: A Cosmic Perspective reflecting on this mission to the moon and humanity's first time looking back on Earth. Learn about Apollo 8’s Christmas broadcast from lunar orbit and what it was like to have this mission in 1968. Did the success of this mission salvage a bloody year? What does Earth look like from the lunar surface versus orbit? Discover an atheist lawsuit against the astronauts for reading Genesis aloud on air and how Earthrise helped inspire a wave of environmentalism. Get the NEW StarTalk book, 'To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery' on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PL0NFn Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startalkradio FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk: Twitter: http://twitter.com/startalkradio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StarTalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startalk About StarTalk: Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! #StarTalk #neildegrassetyson 00:00 - Earth & Moon 1:51 - The Apollo 8 Mission 3:17 - The Christmas Reading of Genesis 7:09 - Earthrise: Discovering Earth for the First Time


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