Apollo 8 Genesis reading: Difference between revisions

On December 24, 1968, in what was the most watched television broadcast at the time,<ref name = "PBS">{{cite web | title = Race to the Moon – Telecasts from Apollo 8 | work = American Experience | publisher = PBS | date = September 22, 2005 | url = https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/moon/peopleevents/e_telecasts.html | accessdate=2008-12-26| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081225170255/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/moon/peopleevents/e_telecasts.html| archivedate= 25 December 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref><ref name = "National Archives">{{cite web | title = The National Archives Features Special Christmas Eve Message from APOLLO 8 | publisher = U.S. National Archives | date = December 7, 2006 | url = https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-22.html | accessdate=2008-12-26| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090114140045/http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-22.html| archivedate= 14 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> the crew of [[Apollo 8]] read in turn from the [[Book of Genesis]] as they orbited the [[Moon]]. The Bible used was provided by the Gideons. [[William Anders|Bill Anders]], [[Jim Lovell]], and [[Frank Borman]] recited [[Genesis creation narrative|Genesis chapter 1]], verses 1 through 10 verbatim, using the [[King James Version]] text.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo8_xmas.html|title=The Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast|publisher=NASA National Space Science Data Center|date=September 25, 2007|accessdate=2008-04-12| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080419065805/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo8_xmas.html| archivedate= 19 April 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> Anders read verses 1-41–4, Lovell read verses 5-85–8, and Borman read verses 9-109–10, concluding the transmission.