Apollo 8’s reading from Genesis made a lasting cultural impact

As Eugene Cernan took his last steps on the lunar surface, the Apollo 17 commander promised to come back. “As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow,” Cernan said Dec. 13, 1972, “we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.” It was a callback toContinue reading “Apollo 8’s reading from Genesis made a lasting cultural impact”
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