for the second tell i cast, frank foreman has turned the television so it faces the earth. the united states. it appears now that the east coast is cloudy. >> apollo 8 around christmas of 1968 showed us the craters of the moon and then showed us the earth statement, and spoke to us. they read the book of genesis. >> god said, let the waters of the heaven be gathered together in one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. and god called the dry land earth. and the gathering together of the waters called he seas. god saw that it was good. and from the crew of apollo 8, merry christmas and god bless all of you, all of you on the good earth. >> the far side of the moon and the earth rise for the first time seen by humanize as well as that television broadcast from in orbit around the moon -- i'm sorry, on christmas eve? holy smokes, who wrote that, who is the genius who wrote that script? pretty dieng good. >> 1968 was a tough year for the country. assassinations, bad stuff happening in vietnam and people kind of down, but it was a great way to end it with people goi