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Launch of Apollo 8 (CBS)

Christmas Eve…from the moon! On this day in 1968, the Apollo 8 crew broadcasted live images of the Earth and moon as seen from their spacecraft. Find out more: http://go.nasa.gov/2i9SOiZ | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration