today is the 40th anniversary of the first manned journey to the moon. granted, it was ten years before i was even born but still… various accounts of this historic voyage bring chills to my spine. 1968 was a bad year and circling the moon for the very first time brought hope to the people. read more about how the Apollo 8 astronauts remember the historic voyage.
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.