Fifty years ago today Frank Borman, Jim Lovell (commander of Apollo 13), and William Anders became the first humans to leave Earth's orbit, circle the Moon, and see the Earth as whole. This was their Christmas Eve broadcast back to Earth, 240,000 miles away, including a reading from the opening verses of the Book of Genesis, and closing with these words, "God bless all of you, all of you on the Good Earth".
All three astronauts are still alive with Borman at 90, the oldest living space veteran.
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