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Christmas Wishes from Space
While orbiting the moon on Christmas Eve, 1968, the three-man crew aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft—Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders—offered live  holiday greetings from outer space. After describing the desolation and  bleakness of the lunar landscape, the astronauts read from the first ten  verses from the Book of Genesis. Commander Frank Borman concluded the  historic interplanetary telecast—sent to an audience of half a billion  people around the world—with the message:

“And from the crew of Apollo  8, we close with good night, good luck, a merry Christmas, and God bless  all of you—all of you on the good Earth.”
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Christmas Wishes from Space

While orbiting the moon on Christmas Eve, 1968, the three-man crew aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft—Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders—offered live holiday greetings from outer space. After describing the desolation and bleakness of the lunar landscape, the astronauts read from the first ten verses from the Book of Genesis. Commander Frank Borman concluded the historic interplanetary telecast—sent to an audience of half a billion people around the world—with the message:

“And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a merry Christmas, and God bless all of you—all of you on the good Earth.”

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