More from In the Shadow of the Moon

Here are some pretty great quotes from some of the astronauts who went to the moon.

"In earth orbit the horizon is just slightly curved. When you head on out to the moon, in very short order, and you get a chance to look back at the earth that horizon slowly curves around and upon itself, and all of a sudden you are looking at something that is very strange but it is very very familiar because you're beginning to see the earth evolve..."

"I was able to look out the window to see this incredible sight of the whole circle of the earth. Oceans were crystal blue, the land was brown, and the clouds and the snow were pure white and that jewel of Earth was just hung, up in the blackness of space."

"how peaceful and calm and quiet and serene it looked, how fragile it appeared, oddly enough the overriding senstaiton I got looking at the earth was--my god that little thing is so fragile out there."

"You get to see the earth receding, you get to see the moon coming twoard you and it's awe inspiring..."

"The only people that have seen the whole circle of the earth, are the 24 guys that went to the moon."