50 Years Ago, *Earthrise* Gave Us the View of a Lifetime

Half a century ago, astronauts aboard NASA‘s Apollo 8 mission become the first humans to leave low Earth orbit, traverse the 240,000 miles separating our planet from its moon, and loop around that natural satellite to look upon its forever-hidden far side (not dark side) with their own eyes. The first crewed voyage to orbit …

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