Interesting, According To Me

Apollo 8 was launched on December 21st, 1968 and headed toward the moon. The crew was tasked with flying to the moon for the first time in history, orbiting it (without landing), and returning to earth.

The mission accomplished several amazing feats:

It was the first time humans had ever gone beyond low Earth orbit
It was of course the closest humans had ever gotten to the moon
It was the first time humans had ever seen the Earth as a whole planet, as well as seen an “Earthrise” (see the article picture up top for a famous picture taken during the mission)
And it was the first time humans had seen with their own eyes the far side of the moon.

But it was during one of their live broadcasts back to earth during their mission that they made Church history: they read from the book of Genesis on live television while orbiting the moon.

The reading from Genesis was so iconic that in 1969 the US Postal Service released a commemorative stamp for the Apollo 8 mission that featured the famous “Earthrise” photo taken from lunar orbit as well as the first words from Genesis: