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number of “live” broadcasts from their Lunar Orbiter. On their Christmas Eve broadcast each
member of the Apollo 8 crew read a section from the first chapter of the book of Genesis.

Apollo 8 Crew: Frank Borman, Bill Anders, James Lovell

Bill Anders
“We are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo
8 has a message that we would like to send to you.”

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters. And God said, ‘Let there be light’: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was
good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”

James Lovell
“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning
were the first day. And God said, ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it
divide the waters from the waters.’ And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were
under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God
called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.”

Frank Borman
“And God said, ‘Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the
dry land appear’: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of
the waters called he seas: and God saw that it was good.”

Borman then ended by stating, “And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck,
a Merry Christmas and God bless all of you - all of you on the good Earth.”

This message pulled strongly upon the emotions of the listeners. It is difficult to remain objective
in the face of such shrewd propaganda. People were being manipulated through the employment of
a cunning PR campaign. The astronauts of Apollo 8 followed a script that made them appear as solid
Christian citizens of the United States. They were America’s heroes winning the Cold War against
the Soviet Union which was in the midst of a crackdown on Christianity and religious freedom. The
cold, atheistic world of Soviet Communism was brought face to face with Christian America in the
space race, and the Christians were triumphing.