http://www.utahskies.org Bringing the Joys of Astronomy to the Public Through Awareness, Advocacy, and Education Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:31:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://www.utahskies.org/2008/12/23/earthrise-revisited/ http://www.utahskies.org/2008/12/23/earthrise-revisited/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:00:58 +0000 anthonya http://www.utahskies.org/?p=1510 40 years ago this week, astronauts aboard Apollo 8 travelled where no one had gone before, the Moon. As they circled around the back side of the moon, they saw the very first ‘Earthrise’; planet Earth rising above the horizon of another celestial body. At that moment, they were able to see Earth as it truely was, a tiny, fragile planet orbiting in the vastness of space. The accompanying image is one of the most spectacular ever taken. The Apollo 8 mission in December of 1968 marked mankinds first ever journey to another celestial body.

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