On This Day 40 Years Ago
On this day 40 years ago, it was recorded that 1 out of 4 people on the face of the earth watched and listened to the first broadcast from space where live television footage captured images of planet Earth. The Apollo 8 was the first manned mission to orbit around the moon, serving as a preparatory trip for Apollo 11 where man would land on the moon. On their ninth orbit, the crew broadcasted this brief and historical clip Christmas Eve, 1968:
Psalm 8
O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
to still the enemy and the avenger.
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?
Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under his feet,
all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Tags: Apollo 8, Christmas Eve Message
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