History of Science & Technology, Including the Life and Letters of Richard P. Feynman, and Space Exploration

History of Science & Technology, Including the Life and Letters of Richard P. Feynman, and Space Exploration

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[Apollo 8]

Earthrise (Original Orientation). Large Chromogenic Print, Signed and Inscribed by CDR Frank Borman

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December 13, 09:02 PM GMT

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[APOLLO 8]

Earthrise (original orientation). 24 December, 1968. Large chromogenic print, 20 x 20 in.


SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Apollo 8 Mission Commander FRANK BORMAN in silver ink: "24 December 1968 / 075:47:46 Anders: 'Hand me that roll of color, will you...' / “Well, I think we missed it” / 075:47:48 Lovell: 'Oh man, that's great' / 075:47:50 Anders: 'Hurry, quick!' / 075:47:54 Borman: 'Gee...' / 075:47:58 Lovell: ''It's down here?' / 075:47:59 Anders: 'Just grab me a color. That color exterior.' / Frank Borman / Apollo 8 CDR”

THE ORIGINAL ORIENTATION OF THE FIRST EARTHRISE TO BE SEEN BY HUMAN EYES


A remarkable image of the original orientation of the first Earthrise taken by Lunar Module Pilot William Anders after emerging from the dark side of the Moon on their third orbit. The accompanying inscription is taken from the original conversation which immediately preceded this beautiful image between CMP Borman and LMP William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission.


Anders said of the incredible moment: "We'd spent most of our time on Earth training about how to study the Moon, how to go to the Moon; it was very lunar oriented. And yet, when I looked up and saw the Earth coming up on this very stark, beat-up lunar horizon, and Earth that was the only color that we could see, a very fragile-looking Earth, a very delicate looking Earth, I was immediately almost overcome by the thought that here we came all this way to see the Moon, and yet the most significant thing we're seeing is our own home planet, the Earth." (Poole)


REFERENCES:

Poole, Robert. Earthrise: How Man First Saw the Earth, p. 2; Schick and Van Haaften, The View From Space: American Astronaut Photography 1962-1972, p. 98.