Once the mission for Apollo 8 was reconfigured ... In Hawaii, Kraft addressed an amphitheater full of captains, admirals and generals from every branch of the military. The man he had to convince ...

The broadcasts from Apollo 8 invited huge television audiences onboard the spacecraft. The astronauts showed how things worked in the capsule and performed a memorable Christmas Eve reading.

Former Apollo 8 astronaut William "Bill" Anders has died after the plane he was flying crashed in the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state Friday. He was 90. In a statement to CNN ...

The colour photograph of Earthrise - taken by Apollo 8 astronaut, William A. Anders, December 24, 1968. Although the photograph is usually mounted with the moon below the earth, this is how Anders ...

Scientists had an interest in this area of the moon as a possible landing zone for a future human landing, and indeed Apollo 11 landed 44 miles southeast of the Ranger 8 impact site in July 1969.

November 11-15, 1966 - Serves as the commander of Gemini 12, with pilot Buzz Aldrin. December 21-27, 1968 - Along with crewmen Borman and William Anders, Lovell serves as command module pilot of ...