The reading of Genesis by the astronauts of Apollo 8 while orbiting the moon was a moment that thrilled and inspired hundreds ...

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 ...

"I really hoped, not only to be able to go around the moon, but be able to walk on it someday. At least I got fifty percent of that." Apollo 8's lunar orbit mission went exceedingly well and set ...

And that’s exactly the case with the new edition of the Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon Apollo 8 watch. Six years ago, Omega launched this watch to commemorate the Swiss brand’s 50th ...

In Chicago, we interviewed the legendary Jim Lovell, who orbited the Moon in 1968 on the audacious flight of Apollo 8, and of course later commanded the ill-fated Apollo 13. The very first of our ...

Nobody ever accused the Apollo ... of the moon by a rod stitched into its top edge. Commander Pete Conrad, like generations of vacation photographers, is visible only as a long shadow.

Nearly 50 years have passed since NASA's Apollo 8 mission orbited the moon for the first time in history. On December 21, 1968, astronauts Frank Borman, William Anders, and James Lovell left the ...