Back Чытанне кнігі Быццё на Апалоне-8 Byelorussian Чытаньне кнігі Роду на Апалёне-8 BE-X-OLD Lecture de la Genèse pendant la mission Apollo 8 French Ապոլոն 8-ի անձնակազմի կողմից Ծննդոց գրքի ընթերցում Armenian Pembacaan Kitab Kejadian Apollo 8 ID アポロ8号での創世記の朗読 Japanese Pawacanan Kitab Purwaning Dumadi Apollo 8 JV 아폴로 8호 창세기 낭독 Korean Чтение книги Бытия экипажем Аполлона-8 Russian Apollo 8 Genesis reading SIMPLE
On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8, the first humans to travel to the Moon, read from the Book of Genesis during a television broadcast. During their ninth orbit of the Moon astronauts Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman recited verses 1 through 10 of the Genesis creation narrative from the King James Bible.[1] Anders read verses 1–4, Lovell verses 5–8, and Borman read verses 9 and 10.
- ^ "The Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast". NASA National Space Science Data Center. September 25, 2007. Archived from the original on 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-12.