'It was the only colourful thing in the Universe'
In December 1968 Apollo 8 went into orbit around the Moon, but the astronauts on board were more impressed by the sight of the Earth rising in the distance, than by their close-up view of the lunar surface. Colonel Frank Borman, Commander of Apollo 8, remembers the flight.
BBC World Service - Witness, 'It was the only colourful thing in the Universe'