The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth.
Jim Lovell
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Apollo8 Christmas Eve broadcast (24 December1968); Exact wording and attribution checked. NASA mission archive reproduces Lovell’s words during broadcast.
- Apollo8 Christmas Eve broadcast (24 December1968)
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