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Earthrise

How the space age changed from being about space, to being about Earth.

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Jason Steinhauer
Apr 29, 2021
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No History Club this week; I’m getting vaccinated.

Had we met this week we’d have talked about Earth Day—which always makes me think of Earthrise, the photograph taken aboard Apollo 8 by William Anders on December 24, 1968.

Earthrise, taken by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968. Source: NASA.

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