50 years ago: Australia and the Apollo 8 mission that sent a Christmas message from the Moon
- Written by Tristan Moss, Lecturer, UNSW
The role downunder played in helping track the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon.
Apollo 8: Launch countdown …
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It was on December 21, 1968, that Apollo 8 launched from Cape Kennedy, in Florida, sending US astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr and William Anders on the world’s first human mission to...