‘In the Beginning… God’: This NASA Christmas Message Still Resonates 56 Years After Apollo 8

‘In the Beginning… God’: This NASA Christmas Message Still Resonates 56 Years After Apollo 8

THE CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE In December 1968, NASA launched the first manned mission to the moon. No one, not even the astronauts aboard, was certain that they’d be able to return safely.  Their journey, the most hazardous and dangerous ever embarked upon, took them to the boundaries of another world, and, even more remarkably, brought peace … Read more

Former astronaut who took iconic photo of Earth dies in plane crash

Former astronaut who took iconic photo of Earth dies in plane crash

seattle, washington —  Retired Major General William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was … Read more