No lifeboat: ... these Apollo 8 astronauts were first to see far side of the moon

        December 21, 2018 USA Today | United States | RRR: green

On December 24, 1968, the fourth day of a week-long mission, Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders took a photo of our blue planet from the moon's orbit, now known as "Earthrise." Having finally seen the fragility of earth from space, his iconic picture helped spark interest in green living and the environmental movement.