"A controlled fall out of lunar orbit" . . . Landing #Apollo11 on the Moon 51 years ago created some tense moments. Hear those who did it talk about the challenge and celebration. | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

On Christmas Eve 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 - Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman - read from the Book of Genesis as they orbited the moon. It was a surprise to those in Mission Control, who found it intensely moving. Here is the original TV broadcast, with the cratered surface of the Moon turning underneath the spacecraft. Turn the sound on to hear the broadcast! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL ON THE GOOD EARTH! | Mission Control

LIVE NOW: View our #Apollo50 Anniversary video about Apollo 7, the first program mission to carry a crew into space. Walter Cunningham called it "the most ambitious, and most successful first test flight of any new flying machine, ever." Follow & watch NASA's Look at 50 Years of Apollo: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration