The famous Earthrise photo, however, was the source of a lingering ... But a month later, when the Apollo 8 crew gathered in San Diego for their 20-year reunion, Borman publicly admitted he ...

William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic ... Anders snapped the photo during the crew’s fourth orbit of the moon, frantically switching from black-and-white to ...

Originally Lovell had been assigned to the Apollo 8 backup crew. But when Mike Collins had to drop out for surgery on his spine, Lovell was reunited with his Gemini commander, Borman, for Apollo 8.

Apollo 8 was the first manned voyage to a celestial body. Its three-man crew of Mission Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the ...

After the death of the crew, NASA vowed never to be so careless or cocky again. It took a lot to push them past that wariness, and a brainstorm mission like Apollo 8 was it. Based on your ...

During one of these orbits, Anders took the "Earthrise" photo, which famously shows the ... as the last surviving member of the Apollo 8 crew. Lovell, who also played a critical role in the ...