A Christmas Message for 2023

Apollo 8 was launched on December 21, 1968
The spacecraft safely returned to Earth on December 27, 1968.

It was the first mission to send human beings into orbit around the Moon.

It was also the first time human eyes saw the far-side of the Moon.

On Christmas eve, the crew of Apollo 8 sent a video message back to all of us on Earth.

A message we should be reminded
of from time to time, especially today in a world bent on never ending war, hatred, and division.

My brother and I watched this mission from launch to splash down.

I will never forget the impact it had on me.