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[[File:NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg|thumb | A color photograph of the Earth and Moon on December 24, 1968. The television viewers saw a grainy black and white image.]][[File:Apollo 8 genesis reading.ogg|right|thumb|The Apollo 8 Genesis reading.]] |
[[File:NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg|thumb | A color photograph of the Earth and Moon on December 24, 1968. The television viewers saw a grainy black and white image.]][[File:Apollo 8 genesis reading.ogg|right|thumb|The Apollo 8 Genesis reading.]] |
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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 = http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/moon/peopleevents/e_telecasts.html | accessdate=2008-12-26}}</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 = http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-22.html | accessdate=2008-12-26}}</ref> the crew of [[Apollo 8]] read in turn from the [[Book of Genesis]] as they orbited the moon. [[William Anders|Bill Anders]], [[Jim Lovell]], and [[Frank Borman]] recited verses 1 through 10, using the [[King James Version of the Bible|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}}</ref> |
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 = http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/moon/peopleevents/e_telecasts.html | accessdate=2008-12-26| archiveurl= http://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 = http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-22.html | accessdate=2008-12-26| archiveurl= http://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. [[William Anders|Bill Anders]], [[Jim Lovell]], and [[Frank Borman]] recited verses 1 through 10, using the [[King James Version of the Bible|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= http://web.archive.org/web/20080419065805/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo8_xmas.html| archivedate= 19 April 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> |
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==Transcript== |
==Transcript== |
On December 24, 1968, in what was the most watched television broadcast at the time,[1][2] the crew of Apollo 8 read in turn from the Book of Genesis as they orbited the moon. Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman recited verses 1 through 10, using the King James Version text.[3]
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, an atheist, responded by suing the United States government, alleging violations of the First Amendment.[4] The suit was dismissed by the Supreme Court due to lack of jurisdiction.[5] Later on the Apollo 11 mission, Buzz Aldrin received communion on the lunar surface shortly after landing. Although he did not keep his actions secret, he only said a non-religious sentence on the intercom, and read from the scripture off-air.[4][6]
An excerpt from the recorded readings (mostly from Anders' section)"In the Beginning" features prominently in the opening track the album The Songs of Distant Earth (1994) by Mike Oldfield.
The European electronic duo VNV Nation use a sample of the recording on "Genesis", a song from their 2002 album, Futureperfect.
A sample from the recording is used by Brave Saint Saturn in their song "Under Bridges", from the album So Far from Home.
In the Space: Above and Beyond episode "The River of Stars," the Apollo 8 recording is played for the 58th "Wildcards" Squadron.
The entire reading is reproduced verbatim in the "1968" episode of the HBO TV miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.
The group MGMT used the verses read by Borman as a sample in one song named "Come On Christmas" from the album Climbing To New Lows.
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The band Astronaut Harbor uses the audio in their song "In The Beginning"