Apollo 8 - First Television Broadcast Half-Way To The Moon (December 22, 1968)

Apollo 8 - 21 - 27 December, 1968

Crew :
Commander - Frank Borman (Gemini 7)
Command Module PIlot - Jim Lovell (Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 13)
Lunar Module Pilot - William Anders

Apollo 8 was the first mission to take humans to the vicinity of the Moon, a bold step forward in the development of a lunar landing capability.

NASA scheduled a television broadcast at 31 hours after launch at 031:10:36.

The wide-angle lens was used to obtain excellent pictures of the inside of the spacecraft and Lovell preparing a meal; however the telephoto lens passed too much light and pictures of Earth were very poor.

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[jsimmen1]

This only has around 2000 views. Crazy. This is history. This is the equivalent of seeing a video of Julius Caesar.

[Gregster138]

Great video! I remember watching this live when I was 13. I was facinated to see live TV from half-way to the moon! An amazing moment in history

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[APOLLOREALITY]

Halfway to the Moon my arse. This video was shot inside an aircraft doing an anti gravity loop. The craft was decked out to look like a Apollo Command module. 100% and proven so many, many, many times over.

[jln55]

I was 13 when I saw this live. I remember hoping they didn't float by and accidentally kick any switches! Neat...Jim Lovell wishing his mom a happy birthday.

[HungryGreeny]

@identchannel It's 31 hours 8 minutes since launch

[NCHCITY]

I the first time see this video in my life, thx!

[jonmikelk]

wooow i never see these movie!