# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B6dfPDnl_lg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11734251-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/84eb1c476d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-12-24T15:48:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

"The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth."⁣⁣
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On #ChristmasEve in 1968, Apollo 8 became the first mission to orbit the Moon. During a live broadcast, the astronauts showed pictures of the Earth and Moon as seen from their spacecraft and took turns reading from the book of Genesis.⁣⁣
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Inage Credit: NASA⁣⁣
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#NASA #ChristmasEve #Apollo #Earthrise

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apollo, christmaseve, nasa, earthrise

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