This Day In History, 1968: Apollo 8 Blasts Off

Muscle cars. Bell-bottoms. 8-tracks. It’s 1968. Astronauts Borman, Lovell and Anders get a call to cancel their holiday plans. By December, the three were suddenly farther away than any human had ever been from our home planet. Start your flashback here: https://t.co/VdgeiLDnbE pic.twitter.com/F90LhIXmR2

— NASA (@NASA) December 21, 2018

Fifty years ago today, my friends Lovell, Borman and Anders headed to the Moon! #Apollo8 #NASA pic.twitter.com/df6uaEO2wr

— Buzz Aldrin (@TheRealBuzz) December 21, 2018

Apollo 8 (Lovell-Anders-Borman) was launched 50 years ago this morning—first time astronauts would fly in lunar orbit:      #NASA pic.twitter.com/nnZLxFCNqV

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) December 21, 2018

Time Magazine “Men of the Year” 50 years ago: pic.twitter.com/hSLwLNOnGs

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) December 21, 2018

A cool picture of Mission Control during the launch of Apollo 8:

 
photo credit: Washington Post