Apollo 8, December 21-27, 1968, 091:45:00 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak Paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS8-15-2535” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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This is the first photograph of the Earth taken during the homeward journey (with the 250mm telephoto lens).

“The fact that you can put your thumb up to the window of the spacecraft and completely put the Earth behind your thumb is a concept that gives you the insignificance of your own existence with respect to the universe. [...] You have to think about hiding the entire Earth. Everything that you have ever done. All the people you knew. Every place you’ve been. Continents. All the major confrontations you had. You know, the various wars that were going on at the time. The problems at home, the dissension. [...] Nineteen sixty-eight was a very bad year. The Vietnam war was going on. [...] And it turns out that it really made you feel humble, because everything shrunk in size,” said James Lovell (Chaikin, Voices, p. 45).

092:08:00 Public Affairs Officer (Mission Control): This is Apollo Control at 92 hours, 8 minutes into the flight of Apollo 8. And at the present time our spacecraft is at an altitude of 8,545 nautical miles above the Moon, traveling at a speed of 5,238 feet per second. It’s been some time before we have heard from the crewmen. At about 91 hours, 25 minutes, we had a report from the spacecraft that Commander Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, Command Module Pilot, would be attempting to get some sleep. And Bill Anders was to stand watch…