for Apollo 8. During his time in lunar orbit, Lovell scouted future Apollo landing sites. The third member of their crew, William Anders, was as intense as Borman but with the love of exploration ...

In December 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman ... making sure that when it came time for the life-or-death rocket firing to send them back to Earth, his crew would be rested and ready.

"We got millions of telegrams after we landed, but the one I remember most was, 'Congratulations to the crew of Apollo 8 ... he never had time to read a book or magazine for seven years; he ...