Earthrise in 4K

In December of 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel to another body in space. But as crew members Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders all later recalled, the most important thing they discovered was Earth. Using photo mosaics and elevation data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), this video commemorates Apollo 8's historic flight by recreating the moment when the crew first saw and photographed the Earth rising from behind the Moon. Narrator Andrew Chaikin, author of "A Man on the Moon," sets the scene for a three-minute visualization of the view from both inside and outside the spacecraft accompanied by the onboard audio of the astronauts. Ernie Wright (USRA): Lead Visualizer and Producer Andrew Chaikin: Producer Dan Gallagher (USRA): Producer and Lead Video Editor David Ladd (USRA): Associate Producer Noah Petro (NASA/GSFC): Producer and Scientist John Keller (NASA/GSFC): Scientist Richard Vondrak (NASA/GSFC): Scientist Andrew Chaikin: Narrator Michael Randazzo (AIMM): Video Editor Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems Inc.): Technical Support Ian Jones (ADNET Systems Inc.): Technical Support Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center