50 years ago, astronauts orbited the moon for the first time
Excerpt from the December 21, 1968 issue of Science News
![Earth](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/112018_mt_50ya-apollo_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
EARTHRISE Fifty years ago, the first astronauts to orbit the moon snapped this iconic photo of Earth peaking out from beyond the moon’s horizon.
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