Apollo 8.

[Bugman]

On December 24 1968 Apollo 8 Astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders entered lunar orbit. I will never forget watching this on that long ago Christmas Eve.

 

[milagros317]

Thanks for bringing back the memory from half a century ago, Bugman. 😀

 

[SamuelKhan]

My favorite Apollo mission. They took a huge risk with a 50/50 chance of returning.

 

[BlasterMaster]

They took a huge risk with a 50/50 chance of returning.

Yup, people don't often realize just how many risks NASA took to get us to the moon before the Russians.

Astronauts are literally the bravest people I can think of aside from fire fighters and charity workers in war zones.