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Ovo je fotografija Zemlje koju je NASA poslala 1968. godine sa Meseca: "Trenutak kada se ceo svet promenio, ali tu nije kraj"
Na Badnje veče 1968. godine Zemlja je primila poruku kakvu do tada nikada nije čula. Stigla je od astronauta na misiji bez presedana, prvoj ljudskoj misiji koja je obišla Mesec. Gotovo šest decenija kasnije, NASA se sprema da se vrati na istu putanju 2026. godine.
TL;DR
- The Apollo 8 mission in 1968 was the first human mission to orbit the Moon, launched during a tumultuous year marked by political assassinations and the Vietnam War.
- The crew of Apollo 8, Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders, became the first humans to see Earth from lunar orbit, capturing the famous "Earthrise" photograph.
- On Christmas Eve 1968, the Apollo 8 crew broadcast live from lunar orbit, reading from the Book of Genesis, a moment that became deeply ingrained in collective memory.
- NASA is preparing for the Artemis 2 mission in 2026, which will be the first crewed mission in the Artemis program to orbit the Moon.
- The Artemis 2 astronauts, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, will test the Orion spacecraft and a new-generation rocket in deep space.
- Historians draw parallels between the Apollo 8 mission's significance in a divided world and the current era's geopolitical landscape, highlighting the enduring importance of courage in space exploration.