>> we interrupt to program to present another in a series of on-board television transmissions from the apollo 8 space capsule brought to you by tang, the instant breakfast drink chosen by gemini and apollo astronauts. 175,450 miles from earth. the astronauts have truly left the earth and its gravity. for the second tell i cast, frank foreman has turned the television so it faces the earth. here are the television pictures coming through from apollo control. >> what you are seeing is the western hemisphere. i can see the southwestern part of 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.