AS-8 - Dec 1968 - Earth Views, Lunar Surface, Interior Spacecraft Activity

This film from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is onboard footage of the Apollo 8 mission, the first crewed spaceflight to leave the Earth’s gravitational sphere and orbit the moon. The unedited color footage includes the first human-filmed images of the surface of the moon, as well as the first Earthrise. 

The “home movies,” as they are referred to on cue cards written by the astronauts while filming, also capture astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders at work inside the spacecraft. 

View and download AS-8 - Dec 1968 - Earth Views, Lunar Surface, Interior Spacecraft Activity, which is part of Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Series: Master Film of Manned Spaceflight Mission Moving Images. The series contains onboard 16mm films shot by the astronauts during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and early Space Shuttle missions. Learn more about other NASA and Space Exploration films held by the Moving Image and Sound Branch through the National Archives Catalog, through the Special Media Records Division blog, The Unwritten Record, on History Hub, or in person at our research room in College Park, MD.