NASADec 24, 2022

"We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth" –Bill Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut

"Earthrise," one of the most powerful photos in @nasa’s history, was taken by Anders #OTD in 1968 as the Apollo 8 crew orbited the Moon.
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Show threadauthor_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x5
@nasa Picture here still rotated wrong by 90° clockwise. Modern tools can rotate the video/picture before posting.
Dec 24, 2022 at 5:33pmWeb
Show threadMahatmaDec 25, 2022
@ShrikeTron @nasa As the crew learned early in the flight while trying to describe the relative position of the S-IVB, there is no up, down, left or right in space!