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- On December 21, 1968,

Apollo eight became thefirst manned spacecraft

to leave Earth, reach the moon,orbit it, and safely return.

From the far side of the moon,

our brave astronautsread the first 10 verses

of the book of Genesis on television

for a Christmas Eve broadcast.

Have a listen.

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- [Bill] And for all thepeople back on Earth,

the crew of Apollo eight has a message

that we would like to send to you.

- For more on the Apollo eight mission,

go to cbnNews.com/apollo8.

From all of us at CBN News,we wish you a Merry Christmas

and a very happy New Year.