He says because Apollo 8 came at the end of such a desperate time...

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On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders took what became the most famous picture in history.

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So, Borman says, Apollo 8 would try to get there first.

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As part of our ongoing series, Echoes of 1968, NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce recalls the Apollo 8 mission and how it changed the way earthlings saw themselves and their world.

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It should be noted also that the agencies, their industrial partners and a number of "space tourism" advocates have all previously thought about repeating the Apollo 8 Moon mission, if only to do one simple loop around the back.

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It started with Rachel Carson's popular 1962 book on the dangers of pesticides, "Silent Spring, " and the eye on the planet increased with a photo of the Earth taken from Apollo 8 as it orbited near the moon in 1968.

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If anything, the Lumia 800's hardware risks being left behind as Nokia develops apps and platforms based on NFC, front-facing cameras and other (unknown) features that are likely being prepared for Windows 8 Apollo.

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Among the largest underlying components of QLD, in trading today Altera Corp. ( NASD: ALTR) is down about 0.8%, Apollo Group, Inc. ( NASD: APOL) is off about 1.4%, and Applied Materials, Inc. ( NASD: AMAT) is lower by about 0.7%.

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By contrast, the biggest loser was Apollo Group ( John Sperling) which dropped -56.8%.

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