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[Apollo 8]
The First "Earthrise." Large Black and White Print, Signed and Inscribed by Commander Frank Borman
Lot Closed
July 27, 02:34 PM GMT
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3,000 - 5,000 USD
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[Apollo 8]
The First "Earthrise"
Large black and white print, 16 x 20 inches. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Apollo 8 Commander FRANK BORMAN in gold ink: "104:33:35 Borman: Now, and that's all we have for / today. I, each one of us wish each and every one of you / a very merry Christmas! / And, I guess we'll see you tomorrow and we'll be / landing early Friday morning. Merry Christmas / from Apollo 8! / Mike Collins (capcom): 'Roger, merry Christmas / from the ground!' / Frank Borman CDR Apollo 8 / December 1968."
Poole, Robert. Earthrise: How Man First Saw the Earth, p. 2; Schick and Van Haaften, The View From Space: American Astronaut Photography 1962-1972, p. 98.
A remarkable image of the first Earthrise to be witnessed by humans, taken by Lunar Module Pilot William Anders after emerging from the far side of the Moon for the fourth time.
Anders said of the incredible moment: "We'd spent most of our time on Earth training about how to study the Moon, how to go to the Moon; it was very lunar oriented. And yet, when I looked up and saw the Earth coming up on this very stark, beat-up lunar horizon, an Earth that was the only color that we could see, a very fragile-looking Earth, a very delicate looking Earth, I was immediately almost overcome by the thought that here we came all this way to see the Moon, and yet the most significant thing we're seeing is our own home planet, the Earth."