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+astronomymagazine6 ASTRONOMY • DECEMBER 2018BY DAVID J. EICHERFROM THE EDITOR
W
ith this issue,
we begin to
commemorate
one of the
greatest anni-
versaries associated with the
exploration of space.
Fifty years ago, the Apollo
program, which landed
humans on the Moon for
the first time, succeeded
with its first trans-lunar
f light, Apollo 8. That craft,
piloted by Frank Borman,
James Lovell, and Bill
Anders, swung around the
Moon and returned to Earth,
in a dress rehearsal
for the Apollo mis-
sions to come.
Over the coming
months, Astronomy
will celebrate 50th
anniversaries of the Apollo
missions with a variety of
special features and stories.
In this issue, we present
Senior Editor Rich Talcott’s
detailed interview with
Jim Lovell, now 90 years old
and as sharp as ever, center-
ing on the experience of
Apollo 8. Whether you were
alive at the time of Apollo 8
or not, you’ll think this rec-
ollection extremely special,
I’m sure.
That story is coupled with
a feature adapted from my
latest book, Mission Moon3-D, written with Brian May,
astrophysicist and well
known as a founding mem-
ber and the guitarist of
Queen. One of Brian’s pas-
sions is stereo photography,
and he and his team have
produced a variety of stereo
photography books, mostly
focusing on Victorian
England and photography’s
early days.
Mission Moon 3-D is dif-
ferent. Our group has pro-
duced more than 150 stereo
views of the space race and
Apollo missions, most neverbefore seen in stereo. You can
view the images with 3D
depth, in this story and in the
book, with Brian’s OWL ste-
reoscope viewer (available at
http://www.MyScienceShop.com),
or by relaxing your eyes and
“free viewing” the images by
allowing them to merge
together.
The book is out now and
contains a unique perspec-
tive on those heady days 50
and more years ago. We
present numerous historic
images, a story of the space
race from both sides — theU.S. and Soviet Union —
and new stories of the astro-
nauts and their experiences.
We a lso pre sent cover a ge
of some of the manned and
unmanned missions since
the Apollo days, including
the International Space
Station and the New
Horizons probe to Pluto.
And we look at the cul-
tural and musical legacy of
the ’60s and the rapid era of
change, from Vietnam to
Woodstock to the growing
momentum of rock ’n’ roll,
up to the phenomenon of
Live Aid.
We’re running a
special contest for the
chance to win one of
five copies of Mission
Moon 3-D signed
by Brian May and me. Visit
astronomy.com/missionmoon
to enter.
The book contains a fore-
word by Charlie Duke, who
says this experience will give
you the “closest thing to
walking on the Moon with-
out going there,” and an
afterword by Jim Lovell.
You can order the book
here: https://myscienceshop.
com/product/book/Yo u r s t r u l y,David J. Eicher
EditorCelebrating
Apollo
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