On December 21st, 1968, a Saturn V rocket was launched from Florida that did something that had never been done before.

It took three men outside of the orbit of the Earth.

And the didn't just leave the Earth's orbit. they orbited the Moon. And while they were in orbit of the

Moon, they sent a message to Earth that was the most widely listened to broadcast in

human history up until that point.

Learn more about the Apollo 8 mission

and how it changed history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Why are you listening to this podcast? When there are puddles to be jumped in?

Come on, let's get outside and play.

All we need is a pair of ralliesies in a pot of petit below.

It's made with calcium and for immune support.

My mom says healthy mistchief needs healthy bones and seeing his best most of the time.

Adventure awaits with petty flu. On May 25th, 1961, before a joint session of Congress, President John Kennedy publicly

set a goal of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.

However, it wasn't just a goal. It was a goal with a time limit.

Kennedy set the goal of achieving a moon landing before the decade was out.

Landing someone on the moon was far from a guaranteed thing.

It involved a whole host of technologies and procedures that had never been done before.

No one had ever landed on a body other than Earth.

No one had ever been launched from a body other than Earth.

And no one had ever lived for even a limited amount of time

outside of the safety of the Earth's magnetic field.

Things towards the skull moved ahead at a solid pace.

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