Read some insider stories from the Apollo 8 mission to the moon. "After we cleared the launch ... I'm going to get kidded for being the rookie on the flight,' because you know, I threw my hand ...

During Apollo 8, Capcom Mike Collins relayed news and sports scores to the astronauts during their flight, including one ... to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else.

Last August, when it became apparent that the earth-orbiting December flight of Apollo 8 would be delayed by problems with the lunar module, he proposed a bold plan: an Apollo 8 moon orbital ...

Former Apollo 8 astronaut ... the moon along with fellow astronauts Jim Lovell and mission commander Frank Borman. Anders, who served as the lunar module pilot for the historic flight, captured ...