--- title: Watch Air and Space Museum Apollo 8 Anniversary Celebration description: The National Air and Space Museum is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. canonical: https://time.com/5477033/apollo-8-anniversary/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-11T19:08:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T22:15:08.628Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch the Air and Space Museum's Apollo 8 Anniversary Celebration Live og:description: Astronaut James Lovell and others will speak og:url: https://time.com/5477033/apollo-8-anniversary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf41bb7c7f2096d54/6989414d97cdff20286b6f73/apollo-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Apollo 8 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Air and Space Museum's Apollo 8 Anniversary Celebration Live twitter:description: Astronaut James Lovell and others will speak twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf41bb7c7f2096d54/6989414d97cdff20286b6f73/apollo-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Air and Space Museum's Apollo 8 Anniversary Celebration Live by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 11, 2018 7:08 PM UTC  The crew of Apollo 8 in front of a simulator, 1968\. From left to right: James A. Lovell, Jr (Command Module pilot); William A. Anders (Lunar Module pilot) and Frank F. Borman, II (mission commander). The crew of Apollo 8 in front of a simulator, 1968\. From left to right: James A. Lovell, Jr (Command Module pilot); William A. Anders (Lunar Module pilot) and Frank F. Borman, II (mission commander).Print Collector—Print Collector/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 11, 2018 7:08 PM UTC The National Air and Space Museum is celebrating the 50th anniversary of [NASA’s Apollo 8](http://time.com/5475697/apollo-8-50-years-later/) lunar mission with an event Tuesday, Dec. 11 at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Apollo 8 Command Module Pilot Capt. James Lovell will speak at the event, along with [Rev. Michael Curry](http://time.com/5288994/michael-curry-royal-wedding-sermon/), Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, and more. The Apollo 8 mission, which launched on Dec. 21, 1968, was NASA’s first manned flight to lunar orbit. The astronauts aboard the flight — Lovell as well as Commander Frank Borman and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders — became the first humans to see the moon’s far side in person. The mission also resulted in the iconic “Earthrise” photo, which [became a symbol](http://100photos.time.com/photos/nasa-earthrise-apollo-8) for the emerging ecological movement back on Earth. A TIME interview with the three crewmen will be broadcast during the service; it will also run on TIME.com. For those who can’t attend the Apollo 8 celebration in person, a livestream will be available to watch above. 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