Robert Poole a Professor of History at the University of Central Lancashire has an article on The Conversation discussing the origins of the iconic, Apollo 8 photograph showing the Earth rising over the horizon of the moon.
The Apollo 8 mission in December 1968 was the first-time men had gone to and orbited the moon and that led to the Earthrise image. Although, due to workload, they only managed to take the photograph on the fourth orbit having missed the opportunity on the previous three.
Have a read it is interesting the planning needed for simple things when you are 250,000 miles from Earth.
Earthrise: historian uncovers the true origins of the ‘image of the century’ (theconversation.com)
Have a good weekend.
Clive
p.s. I have included the link below to my Christmas 2023 Geek present list in case you missed it last week. Whether you need a present for a geek or not the list makes fun reading.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
Further Reading
Frank Borman, commander of first Apollo moon mission, dies aged 95 | Space | The Guardian
