Linda Lopez & Mathew McConnell: Live from the Moon
108|Contemporary
August 4-September 24, 2023
On Christmas Eve in 1968, three American astronauts aboard the spacecraft Apollo 8 became the first humans to enter lunar orbit, in a mission that paved the way for the inaugural lunar landing. People on Earth tuned in to their space telecast and listened, perhaps with a mix of trepidation and awe, as the scratchy, static-filled voice of Commander Frank F. Borman II announced, “This is Apollo 8 coming to you live from the moon.”