Shortly after entering the moon’s orbit on Christmas Eve, the crew shared what they saw with the world through a public broadcast. One astronaut called the moon a “vast, lonely, forbidding type of existence,” while another mentioned Earth’s “grand ovation to the vastness of space.”  After that, they took turns reading passages from the Bible.  That television broadcast was the most watched TV event up to that time.

Soon after the readings, the crew happened to see the Earth rising above the moon.  No one had thought to take photographs of the Earth part of the mission.  However, the crew recognized the importance of preserving this sight for all mankind and snapped the amazing photograph that appears on the stamp above.

If you were fortunate enough to see this as I did, you never forget it!

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