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It was forty years ago this week that Apollo 8 astronaut William A Anders took this famous photograph of the Earth appearing over the Moon’s horizon. I was six years old at the time but remember the considerable interest caused by the mission, the first to leave the Earth and orbit the Moon, and I was old enough to appreciate that the flight path of the capsule formed a figure eight. This was the beginning of a four-year obsession with the Apollo missions, taking in model<\/a> kits<\/a>, jacket patches of spacecraft insignia and an eager viewing of every TV transmission. (Although I missed the first Moon landing a year later as it was after my bedtime.) I was convinced that by 2008 many of us would be living in space; a part of me remains disappointed that we’re not.<\/p>\n

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The above graphic comes from the quaintly primitive Apollo 8 press kit<\/a> which can be downloaded from one of NASA’s pages. On another page there’s the crew’s Christmas message<\/a> to the world which controversially included readings from the Bible. And as usual with NASA you can see William Anders’ photo in a variety of sizes<\/a> including luscious high-res. The impact of his picture may have diminished over the the past four decades but its import as an ecological symbol remains as pertinent as it was in 1968.<\/p>\n

Things will be quiet here over the next few days while I visit family but I’ll be leaving the archive plug-in running for anyone who wants a random dip into the past. If you need some more retro space thrills there’s always this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Have a good one.<\/p>\n

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