Luna Surface from Apollo 8 Spacecraft In August of 1968, three NASA astronauts received a call telling them to cancel their winter holiday plans — they were going to the Moon. Fifty years later we are celebrating the historic mission of Apollo 8: ( ) AS08-13-2327 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- A brightly-rayed crater on the farside of the moon near the sub solar point, where the sun was directly overhead, as seen from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. Brightly-rayed craters are numerous on the lunar front side; however, they have not been previously observed in
Luna Surface from Apollo 8 Spacecraft In August of 1968, three NASA astronauts received a call telling them to cancel their winter holiday plans — they were going to the Moon. Fifty years later we are celebrating the historic mission of Apollo 8: ( ) AS08-13-2327 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- A brightly-rayed crater on the farside of the moon near the sub solar point, where the sun was directly overhead, as seen from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. Brightly-rayed craters are numerous on the lunar front side; however, they have not been previously observed in such detail on the farside.
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