"We Choose to go to the Moon..."

The slow and painful birth of the first true spaceship, and a Christmas voyage around the moon

Work slowly progresses on the Lunar Module, a two-man tinfoil spacecraft light enough to carry men to the surface of the moon. Unexpected delays in the completion of the LM prompt a radical change in NASA mission plans. Apollo 8 enters Lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, 1968 – a revelation that inspires the world.

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