borman joined nasa for a single purpose.e wasn't interested in space exploration or picking up rocks on the moon or pressing into the cosm cosmos. he joined nasa for one reason. that was to defeat the soviet union on the most important battlefield anywhere, space. jim lovell seemed in many ways his polar opposite. lovell since high school had been -- he was very romantic about the idea of flying into space. he loved the notion, even as a kid of pushing into the kos moos, into places no one had ever been. anders seemed this beautiful combination of the two. he also believed strongly in defeating the soviet union in space and space race which was ongoing in 1968 but was also a nuclear engineer and scientist and very much interested in the geology of the moon and being there and walking on the moon one day. they had this unique crew that came together at just the right time and just the right place. >> how did we get from john fvrmt kennedy's pledge in early 1961 to safely put a man on the moon at the end of the decade to the a

[video clip] commander borman: mr.sident, i thought we had experience every motion known to man in the 20 hours we spent in lunar orbit, but i must confess i believe that this passes it. i can speak for jim and bill when i say we are three grateful americans, grateful for you personally, we are grateful for your contributions to , and we are grateful for your service to the country. they have supported us in every way, and although we are symbolic of the country's greatness, we certainly feel very inadequate, and we are just very, very grateful. and sir, we did want to give you two things. we carry with us a space treaty around the moon, and bill anderson would like to present that to you, sir. [applause] commander borman: and mr. president, jim lovell have a picture of the ranch i think he would like to share. [laughter] [applause] host: from 1968, and all three crew members, as you pointed out, still alive. this is a more recent photograph, william anders, james lovell, and frank borman. don is calling from alexandri

. >> reporter: stan borman. he was a talk show host. >> eyewitness news want to know why. >> reporter: investigative reporter. >> patty hearst has just been found guilty as charged. >> reporter: and in the mid-70s our number-one newscaster. tan was, in mymind, the e anchors that kxix ever had. >> reporter: dave borman is his son-in-law. while he may harbor bias in favor of his dad, take a listen. >> one of the key issues before the jury was whether or not a gun was being point at patty during the robbery. thirty-five years ago today, the japanese attacked pearl harbor. >> reporter: folks say borman could read a phone book and make it sound important. but this guy was much more than a voice. as an investigative journalist, he was always in control of the facts. >> there were tell low prompters that had scripts, but he was, i think, more comfortable without the script, because he understood the story. he understood why it was important. >> reporter: before his gig at credit cardpix -- >> man, that's coffee. >> rep

borman, captain. lovell and major injuries, we pray for you, we wish you godspeed, wish for your safe return, and the only person in the world that's going to be more concerned about you than i am are those who wait for your return. >> 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9 we have ignition sequence. the engines are on. 4, 3, to make 2, 0. >> 7:50 1 am eastern standard time. >> 65 years to the month after orville and wilbur wright pioneered the airplane, rockets launched the crew on man's first trip to the moon. >> that is a remarkable point just how far we came from orville and wilbur wright to charles lindbergh to the apollo program. >> unbelievable. he met with astronauts a day before they launched and he was asking about the fuel that would be expend. he made some calculations and told them that in the first second of the flight they would burn 10 times more fuel than lindbergh burned from new york to paris in 1927. trolley from new york, good morning. >> merry christmas to all. i was 16 years old when ed whit

frank borman is and was a patriot. frank borman trained to be a fighter pilot. he went to west point, he joined the air force, he wanted to fight in korea. his country needed him and he was ready to fight. he was grounded for about a year due to a burst eardrum, his window of opportunity passed to fight in korea. when this opportunity to be an astronaut and to fly this improbable mission was presented to him, he knew that this was his chance to fight a very important battle in the cold war, to go out, to win and to come home. for him it was a mission. all three guys knew about the epical nature of the mission. they knew this was a mission they were flying not just for nasa, not just for america, but for the species at large. they were going to make us homosapiens a two-world species and they were aware of that sglnd that was brought out very nicely in their mission patch designed by jim level. that really encompassing drawing things together, drawing the earth and the moon together by actually having people going there. level and borman had an interesting connec

borman was apparently hit by a 24-hour flu. while lovell and anders were not feeling well, but the illnesses cleared up, enough to deliver a long-awaited television -- small camera telephoto lens. man seeing his first long-range view of the earth as a big white blob, although the interior shots were just fine. -- thnear the earth. once we get a good view of the earth, we will stop and let you see what we see. jim lovell is preparing lunch. bill is holding the camera. >> we have a picture. ok, let's see what we have. >> that is the earth, but it is not the telephoto lens. it is regular glass. betweencoming halfway the earth. 31 hours, 20 minutes into the flight. we have about less than 40 hours ago. .ou can see bill has his suit demonstrate how things work in 0 g's. [indiscernible] i certainly wish we could show you the earth. it is a beautiful, beautiful view, but the predominantly blue clouds,nd and white particularly one strong vortex. very beautiful. happy birthday, mother. walter: ground control told the astronauts how to f

[video clip] borman: mr.resident, i thought we had experience every motion known to man in the 20 hours we spent in lunar orbit, but i must confess i believe that this passes it. i can speak for jim and bill when i say we are three grateful americans, grateful for you personally, we are grateful for your contributions to , and we are grateful for your service to the country. they have supported us in every way, and although we are symbolic of the country's greatness, we certainly feel very inadequate, and we are just very, very grateful. and sir, we didn't want to give you two things. we carry with us a space treaty on the moon, and bill anderson would like to present that to you, sir. [applause] borman: and mr. president, jim lovell have a picture of the ranch i think he would like to share. [applause] [laughter] [applause] from 1968, and all three crew members, as you pointed out, still alive. this is a more recent photograph, william anders, james lovell, and frank borman. don is calling from alexandria, v

colonell borman -- borman, would you care to say a few words to the crew? >> thank you. we are just very happy to be here and we appreciate all your efforts. i know you have to stay out here over christmas, and we know made it tough. jim and i usually seem to fly in decemeber. we made it home before christmas in 1965. we cannot tell you how much we really appreciate you being here and how proud it is for us to participate in this event. thousands of people made this possible. i guess we are all part of the group. thank you very much. walter: then there was the traditional giving of ship caps to the three astronauts who were the first visitors from space they ever had. the astronauts then were taken to the ship's sick bay for medical exams while the navy began the task of recovering the precious apollo 8 space capsule. before the astronauts arrived on the carrier, president johnson placed a call to talk to them from washington. they later listened to a tape recording of the president's words. you havedon johnson: taken us, taken all of us all over the world into a new era

they left it strictly to borman and his crew mates. they told -- they toyed with the idea to changing lyrics to the chris -- to a christmas carol but that seemed far too frivolous for such a momentous occasion. they pass the question to a literary friend of his who passed it to another man who struggled and with time running out before the launch, that man explain his frustration to his wife and his wife said i know what they should say and he said what and she explained what she thought the men should say and he knew immediately that that was right and he told borman and borman and his crew mates immediately knew it was right and they wrote it down on fire proof paper and put it in their flight plan and forgot about it. they did not tell anyone. they went back to training. christmas eve, here comes this live television broadcast and nearly a third of the world population is tuned in. it is spectacular to see the screen liquor to life. flicker too life -- life. there is thatg crater and here is what we have experienced. with a minute t

commander frank borman decided the crew would do a reading. >> do you remember the part you read?>> i read the first part. >> do you mind reading it for me? >> i don't mind. in the beginning, god created the heaven and the earth. the earth was without form and void. and darkness was upon the face of the deep. and the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters, and god said, let there be light. >> reporter: apollo 8 splashed down in the pacific on december 26th. the photo that would become known as "earth rise" was soon seen around the world. nothing less than an image for the ages. harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> 50 years ago. >>> we're adio host inspiring america with her infectious energy. >>> we are back now with a story of a little girl who is inspiring others with her bright personality and unshakable spirit. her name is faith and she's blind. but she's not letting her disability stop her from spreading her message of encouragement to others. nbc's kristen dahlgren has her story. >> reporter: on the playground, faith murray looks like any other fifth grader, but you

if you had told me when i was eight years oldthere is a photor book of valerie anders and susan borman. ands radioing to earth saying please be informed, there is a santa claus. what is -- what does this picture represent? guest: susan bormann was suffering very badly by the time apollo 8 launched. she wanted to be the one in charge when the inevitable happened. perhaps the most dangerous part of the mission came when the astronauts had to leave lunar orbit and relight their single engine. they had no redundancy. magazine work -- a magazine photographer of susan borman when it is confirmed the spacecraft is on its -- on its way home. go to melvin, joining us from chicago as a look at how the country, including lyndon johnson, watched this live, christmas of 1968. verify.i am calling to you said -- was the recovery ship for the apollo 8. i was on board of the time we did the recovery and it was a that sounds fascinating. host: we are looking at their return and pictures and celebration of what that meant for them. what was going through their minds? guest:untry or what it represend and

my companions were frank borman and bill anders.our men on gemini seven and anders was a rookie in this mission would give him an experience with the lunar module and later lunar flight. two incidents occurred in the summer of 1968 that changed our mission and the history of apollo. the maker of the lunar module informed nasa the lunar module would not be ready for delivery before 1969. suddenly apollo 8 did not have a mission. next we received intelligence from the russians planning to launch a manned lunar flight in december 1968. they were serious. they flew the spacecraft around the moon in september followed by another one in november. they were preparing for a manned flight in december. it was george low, the manager of the apollo program had the idea, if apollo 7's 10 day earth orbit flight could certify the service module, if it is successful, launch on apollo 8 to the moon. not just to circumnavigate, but to go into lunar orbit. he figures the flight would shorten the time to a lunar landing and would test the navigation an

and they had read scripture and the her world basically said, fight a different fight. , theyrank borman spoke all address congress, and when he addressed congress, the supreme court was sitting right in front. he said, i was very happy to be able to read the verses of now seeing the nine gentlemen in the front row, i'm wondering if maybe we should not have done that, and everybody laughed. abiding strictly by separation of church and state, that technically broke the rules, but it broke the rules for such a grander good, so i don't think reasonable people objected. >> thank you for your comments. jeffrey: thank you. >> i want to thank all of you for joining us today and join me in thanking jeffrey kluger for joining us. [applause] history bookshelf features the country's best-known american history writers of the past decade talking about their books. you can watch our weekly series every saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. this weekend on american history tv, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, catholic university professor and former

commander frank borman decided thew would do a reading. >> do you remember the part you read?t. >> do you mind reading it for me? >> i don't mind. in the beginning, god created the heaven the earth. the earth waa vast form and void. and darkness was upon the space of the dp. and the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters, and god said, let there be light. >> reporter: apollo 8 shed down in the pacific on december 26th. the photo that would become known as "earth rise" was soon seen around the world. nothing less thaan image for the ages. harry smith, nbc news, new york. >> 50 years ago. >>> we're back in a moment with a story of an 11-year-old radio host inspiring america with her infectious energy. s on the fence about changing from a manual to an electric toothbrush. but my hygienist said going electric could lead to way cleaner teeth. she said, get the one inspired by dentists, with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's gentle rounded brush head removes more plaque along the gum line. for cleaner teeth and healthier gums. and unlike sonicare, oral-b is t

high demand for sun has meant involvement of child labor as that's the bottom end of the borman construction industry. so i and seven thousand shillings about two dollars a day that i share with my siblings we take the money to mum mostly for buying books. together with his fourteen year old brother. has worked at this center ugandan son mine for boats to yes. he often works more than eight hours a day. at home his mother struggles to feed her children. and my mum was. poverty has forced the kids out of school and turned them into breadwinners for the large family. so now than i was and i'm a sole carer for all my children. their fathers neglected. as a parent it's my responsibility to educate them but i can't afford it with much pleasure so instead of sitting around at home i told them to find employment to at least earn some money across a viable but so will. i to nearby scored it just begun. children here dream of big koreas. and teachers are helping them to reach their full potential. a source he wants to be a lawyer but already missing school could mean a dream so far away. that child w

. >> watch the entire interview with astronaut frank borman this sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> you are watching american history tv, only on c-span3. we are at the watkins history museum, we are learning about the city's history, the painting behind me depicts a civil war era raid on a town with joe was -- that was a significant turning point. we take you around the museum to learn more. >> the civil war in lawrence was guerrilla warfare and it affected everyone's life. [sounds of battle] >> lawrence was founded in 1854, there was a major shakeup happening on the western border of the country at that time. in 1854, congress passed the kansas nebraska act. until then, the missouri compromise determine which territories would be slaves and free. the kansas nebraska act decided it should be up to the residents of territories to decide whether they should have slave owning or not. that started a national movement and a rush to settle kansas, to determine which way the territory would go. and that desire to create a free territory is what led to the founding of lawrence.

nasa astronaut frank borman was on board as commander. we hear about his life, career, and the gem my and apollo space missions in this 80-minute interview from nasa's oral history program at the johnson space center. >> it is april 13th, 1999, and we are interviewing colonel frank borman in new mexico. let's start a little bit prenasa. i want to start with a question that relates to when you were at west point. i guess you were lucky enough to have vince lombardi as your backfield coach i understand when you were there. >> that was quite a football team. earl blake was the head coach. i was the lowly manager. but vince lombardi was a coach. gilman was a coach. war mouth was a coach. there were all kind of people that went on to greater fame in sports that were working for colonel blake. >> one of the questions that the historians behind this wanted to know is whether vince lombardi and your dealings with him then -- did it have any impact? he's known as such a -- his management style as a coach other people adopted in business. did it ha

frank borman, libby -- maybe captain jim lovell and lieutenant colonel bill anders.uccessful conclusion, a happy ending history. those the task of filling gaps belongs to each individual. a self debriefing to evaluate the significance of the event which might have gone unnoticed in the excitement. for some, the reevaluation has begun. peel: the vincent mission of apollo eight pulled apart from its significant scientific meaning rejuvenated the spirit of it mankind. the spirit needed rejuvenation. a year featured by two grim assassinations, riots, racial and social strife, and a baffling attempt to end the war left men with a dawsons of frustration. at the end of such a year came the apollo 8. an incredible adventure. one intrepid spirits circle the moon, fascinating the imagination of man. their willingness to stake their lives on the enterprise, the infinite perfection of details which were precisely, and their deep spiritual understanding of the greater world in which god presides, communicated a new sense of man's greatness and it gave the world a fresh sense of m

then there was a fellow, i think borman borman knew, he was with the u.s. information agency, had gone with some of the astronauts around on their trips. frank asked him, could he come up with something appropriate? well, he couldn't. but he knew another person, i i nk it was a newspaperman, forget his name, that, he said, okay, i'll think it over and try i can do.t he was working almost all night trying to think out appropriate words and his wife came down and said, why don't you have them read something from the bible. know, the new you testament. no, she says, the old testament, you know, this would be very appropriate. most of the people in the world will be listening in and most of world are not he christian, so that's how it came to pass. verses of genesis was just really the foundation of many of the world's religions it got started. >> you're sitting there looking at you're reading, god created heavens and the earth, without form and void and been ss, and it must have almost mystical to your feeling. >> it was. at the same time, we had this rudiment

frank borman is the captain. frank norman said, look at the sign, it says beat navy. the heck it does. >> the funny thing is we did have some film of that. >> oh, really? >> there was film of that. >> i haven't seen that footage. >> it's around somewhere. i don't quite know where. you can straighten something up for us. at that time in gemini the thing was being labeled either in roman numerals or in numbers. >> yeah. >> which was right, the roman numerals? >> i've used both. patch has a 6 like that. also the vi. >> nobody ever really figured that out or straightened it out. houston took over mission control with gemini. you were breaking in a whole new one. >> they were the last to use that mission control center at the cape. oddly enough, by the way, and to put this on camera, i just got some correspondence from a guy -- luftkin or ludkin who is trying to save mission control at the cape which is on nasa land and nasa building. nasa got the idea of moving it to the cape center. it takes an historical site, breaks it down and moves it someplace else. i think that's w

two weeks with frank borman is a challenge. but this flight. we trained very hard, we had different types of suits. and these were sort of get me down suits that we could -- you didn't do eva's, you couldn't get outside, you shouldn't open the hatch, but the very first takeoff was almost like it flying us for a while. we got pretty good. pretty fast, we were able to get the idea of it, i -- the spacecraft is very tight, i didn't feel too nauseous at all, it was pretty good. the suits were hot, sweaty and bulky, they didn't want us to take off our suits. these were the old days when they were very worried about leaks in spacecraft or something like that. we knew the spacecraft wasn't leaking. >> you had to keep a suit on at all times? >> yes. >> it was a ridiculous regulation at that time. >> i started to unzip my suit, and my rear end was going out of the suit and we're getting out further and further, pretty soon the suit was over here, i slipped the helmet down. i'm out of my suit, in my underwear. frank wants to get out of his suit. the grou

countdown before apollo 8 begins, i want to say this to the men and its crew, criminal h -- colonel bormanovell, captain andrews, we pray for you, we wish you godspeed, we wish you a safe return, and the only person in the world that is going to be more concerned about you than i than i am is the girl who waits for your return. 12, 11, 10, 9 -- we have ignition sequence start. the engines are on. 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. we have liftoff. a.m. eastern51 standard time. we have cleared the tower. >> roger. >> i hear you, houston. >> loud and clear. afteryears to the month oracle and wilbur wright -- orv ille and wilbur wright propelled the first single engine over kitty hawk, man's first church of the moon. it was described as an absolutely perfect liftoff at and a.m. from cape kennedy, soon the rocket was traveling 24,000 miles per hour. >> i have a beautiful view of the earth. >> ok. >> all right, houston. >> go ahead, houston. >> all right, you are go, over. lights., go for tail ♪ >> 68 hours and 58 minutes into the mission, the astronauts passed around the dark side of the moon. 10 minutes later, t

frank borman is a west point graduate. naturally, i will hold the sign that says "be army." tom taught me though. he at, look at the sign. it says "beat navy." the heck it does. >> i think we have some film of that. capt. schirra: i would love to see that footage. around here somewhere. i don't quite know where. maybe you can straighten something out for us. during the time of gemini, it was in roman numerals numbers. which is right you go -- which is right? capt. schirra: i have used both. >> [indiscernible] or straightened it out. let's put it this way. also, houston took over mission control with gemini. they were the last to use the mission control center at the cape. goty enough -- i just who isondence from a guy trying to save mission control at the cape, which is on air force land, but a nasa building and nasa has gone along with the idea of moving it over to kennedy space center. so they take an historical site, breaks it up and moves it someplace else. i think that's wrong. really wrong. i can vividly recall pictures -- -- i wentt then there to that same mission con

this weekend we hear from apollo eight astronaut frank borman who talks about his life, career, and the saving 1968, was it a telegram sent to you? did you know what they meant right away? >> 1968 was a rotten year, you know what i meant. way it sort ofa endorsed what we had done. there were some naysayers about spending the money on the moon. you did not want to bring the television camera. >> i did not. on.ou wound up bringing it i still remember watching the broadcast. it gives me chills right now thinking about it. how did you come up with reading from genesis? >> it is an example of the wonderful country we live in. the head of public information for nasa told me you will have the largest audience that will has ever listen to a human on christmas eve. do?id great, what do we he said do whatever is appropriate. whatever you feel is appropriate. to be honest with you, we were so involved with the mission and this was a peripheral. a friend of mine from washington came back and consulted with some of his friends and came back with the idea of reading from genesis. i discussed it with

is bid to make history launch astronauts bill and hers jim lovell and frank borman into space have them orbit the moon ten times bring them back to earth a lot while the remarkable things about nasa at that time people that were there all or willing to subordinate every factor in their life their families their health everything to the success of the mission we three of us for a very fortunate to a system work and that kind of an environment i believe that this nation should permitted. refuting the goal reported. of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely could be your john kennedy had set the country this challenge in one thousand nine hundred sixty one but despite several preliminary missions and a fatal fire time was running out what's more the soviet union was ahead of the u.s. in the so-called space race washington was desperate to catch up nasa got its chance in august one thousand nine hundred sixty eight. had intelligence information i think that robert mentioned that the russians were going to put a man or a man seven navigate the moon not orbit the moon which has go

>> reporter: lovell, frank borman and william anders were the first humans to leave earth's orbit, circumnavigatingon ten times. the mission was planned in four four months as the u.s. raced to beat the russians to the moon. nasa's flight director believed they only had a 50% chance of coming home safely. >> some of the odds of trying to be successful in that mission were overwhelming, and perhaps at that time we didn't understand what the odds were. >> reporter: the mission may be best remembered for this photo "earthrise" our planet as seen from the moon. and for a live christmas evepro. >> god bless all of you, all of you on the good earth. >> reporter: lovell also flew on apollo 13 which had to abort plans to land on the moon due to an explosion in an oxygen tank. but he says apollo 8 may have been even more momentous. >> 1968 was a very bad year. the vietnam war was going on. there was assassinations of prominent people, and student uprisings, and finally, we brought back something that the americans could be proud of. >> reporter: 50 years later, that pride still remains. chip reid, cbs news,

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host: it is april 13, 1999, we frank borman in h las cruc new mexico. let's start when you were at west point. lucky enough to have vince lombardi as your backfield coach. guest: that was quite a team. manager but ly vince was a coach. -- gilman was a gorsuch. all kinds of people that went on greater fame and sports working for colonel blake. one question the historians wanted to know is lombardi in your ealings he is known as such -- his management style as a coach others have adopted. any effect on you? guest: i don't think so. e was very emotional and intense and he was a perfect complement to colonel blake. said, i was a lowly manager nd not much of that rubbed off >> . et's talk about unteaching at west point when sputnik was launched in 1957. do you recall what your thoughts when that happened? guest: i was concerned. i never thought about rockets or before. i was into airplanes and i was a ighter pilot and only at west point teaching over my great regret. i didn't want to but the said that is your job. it they launched sputnik was a shock because

frank borman was on board as commander. we hear about his life, career, gemini and apollo space missions in this interview from nasa's oral history program at the johnson space center. >> april 13, 1999 and we are interviewing colonel. frank borman . we want to start with a question relating to west point. you were lucky enough to have vince lombardi as your coach when you were there.>> friday football team and blake was the head coach. i was the lowly manager but vince lombardi. all kinds of people went on to greater fame and sports that were working for colonel. blake . vince lombardi and your dealings with him, did it have any impact? his management style as a coach and the other people have adopted in business, did it have any effect on you as it went on in your career? >> he was very emotional and intense and a perfect complement to colonel. blake . i was a lonely manager. you were teaching at west point when sputnik was launched. i was at west point teaching over my great regret. the military said that's your job so i

is bid to make history launch astronauts bill anders jim lovell and frank borman into space have them orbit the moon ten times bring the back to earth a lot while the remarkable things about nasa at that time people that were there are or willing to subordinate every factor of their life their families their health everything to the success of the mission we three of us for a very fortunate to exist and work in that kind of an environment i believe. committed. repeating the goal orders. of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to your john kennedy had set the country this challenge in one thousand nine hundred sixty one but despite several preliminary missions and a fatal fire time was running out what's more the soviet union was ahead of the u.s. in the so-called space race washington. was desperate to catch up nasa got its chance in august one thousand nine hundred sixty eight. had intelligence information i think that robert mention of that the russians were going to put a man or a man shuttle navigate the moon not orbit the moon was just gotten certain navigating come

on oral histories, the 1999 interview with commander frank borman and at 4:30 p.m. eastern, in interview with module pilot jim will. watch the 50th anniversary of apollo eight on american history tv on c-span 3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable and satellite provider. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress. senator claire mccaskill and representative's mark sanford and dana rohrabacher discuss losing reelection bids and reflect on their time in congress. joke in myo make the stump speech imagine there with a new into the operating room and the nurse leans down and says i got good news, this surgeon has never done this before. you go back the gurney up. but in government now that's exactly what people want. people running

nd wou never be sa but to borman, only one first really mattered. >> what i wanted to do was go to theme back alive because i knew that would beat the russians. >> we're looking forward to the day after tomorrow when we'll be just 60 miles away from the moon. happy birthday, mother. >> reporter: so, everyone. the russians included, were glued to their black and white tvs. >> what do you have today, bill, for dinner? >> reporter: although it seemed like we were right there with them. >> chicken and gravy. >> reporter: apollo 8 was really very much alone. >> i could put my thumb up to the window and completely hide the earth. now, you have to think about that. over 5 billion people, everything i ever knew was behind my thumb. anythio ea oers i mean, this was the first time mankind had ever left the earth's pole. >> i think that was the least of our worries. >> reporter: that's true. after all, they weren't just going to the moon. they were going to orbit it ten times. but then it actually happened. on christmas eve, that lonely barren place got some human tidings of great joy. >> we're l

by, again, the grim situation with the vietnam war and with north korea. >> elizabeth cobbs, frank bormanaying a lot of telegrams that he had received. but the one that stood out the most he said from an american citizen, congratulations to the crew of apollo 8. you saved 1968. >> yeah. i think that the cold war pushed america to examine itself and to try to define what it was for, not just what it was against. apollo 8 was sort of -- what they said was here's perspective on our world. here is our earth. i think the last words of their phrase was merry christmas to the good earth, the good earth. in a sense that's what they were trying to say, is that we're all on this fragile little planet together and we need to work together. >> that concludes our nine-part series. we want to thank elizabeth cobbs from texas a&m and the hoover institution and mark kramer from harvard. to you and all of the guests who have participated in this series, we thank you. >>> next on american history tv, from our series "1968 america in turmoil." a look pack at the vietnam war covering the major military, poli

at 10:00 on oral histories, the 1999 interview with apollo 8 commander fronk borman. and at 4:00 p.m. eastern, an oral histories interview with apollo 8 module pilot jim lovell. watch the 50th an verse of apollo 8 this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >>> up next, a hearing looks at the navy's 2019 budget request, which includes an increase in shipbuilding. navy secretary richard spencer was joined by marine corps commandant general roger neller and other government officials in this hearing held by the senate armed services committee. it is about 90 minutes. >> by agreement, i am going to -- >> senator, is your mike on? >> no, it's not. i'm out of practice. by agreement, we are going to skip opening statements of the chair and ranking member until such time as senator hirono arri arrives. but we will welcome our three distinguished panelists today. honorable jamd f. geurts, assistant secretary of the navy for research, development, and acquisition. vice admiral william r. merz. and lieutenant general david h.berger. gentlemen, i understand you have drawn st

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on american history tv, we hear from apollo eight astronaut frank gorman -- frank whoan -- frank borman, talks about his career and the space missions. here is a preview. >> when you got home and got a telegram saying, thank you for your service, was it a telegram sent to you that said that? >> the crew of apollo eight. >> do you know what it says? >> 1968 was a rotten year. you're darn right that i knew what they meant. >> how did it make you feel to get that telegram? >> i was glad in a way, because it's sort of endorsed what we had done. you know, there were still naysayers about spending the money on the moon and the lunar project. you didn't want to bring the television camera along? >> i didn't want to bring a television camera. i did not -- i was dumb in that. >> but you do and you do the broadcast to the state that i remember watching, and i got chills thinking about it. how did you come up with reading from genesis? >> another example of the wonderful country we live in. someone called me one day, and she said, you will have the largest audience who has ever listened to or seen

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is bid to make history launch astronauts bill anders jim lovell and frank borman into space have them orbit the moon ten times bring them back to earth a lot while the remarkable things about nasa that time people that were there all or willing to subordinate every factor in their life their families their health everything to the success of the mission we three of us for a very fortunate to a system work and that kind of an environment i believe the nation committed. refuting the goal. of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to your john kennedy had set the country this challenge in one thousand nine hundred sixty one but despite several preliminary missions and a fatal fire time was running out what's more the soviet union was ahead of the u.s. in the so-called space race washington was desperate to catch up nasa got its chance in august one thousand nine hundred sixty eight. had intelligence information i think that robert mentioned that the russians were going to put a man or a man set up navigate the moon not orbit the moon which has gotten certain navigating come b