Andy Chaikin helped to clear up the Earthrise photos issue

Socrates II — 12/30/2008 5:12:25 PM (archived)

In his 1994 book Man on the Moon, which was turned into the great HBO miniseries
in 1998, Chaikin finally determined it was William Anders who took the first Earthrise
photos, though Lovell tried to claim otherwise and Borman said he did too, though
mostly as a joke.

This recent BBC News item goes into the details here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7797439.stm

I was surprised to learn from this article that Apollo 12 was the last manned mission
to actually film a lunar Earthrise. Is this true?

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    - Andy Chaikin helped to clear up the Earthrise photos issue - Socrates II - 12/30/2008 5:12:25 PM
      - There's an Earthset filmed by Apollo 17, I believe - Raoul - 12/30/2008 6:45:52 PM
        
        FIlms, not stills - Socrates II - 12/30/2008 9:49:05 PM
    - Digital Apollo - phil - 12/27/2008 2:46:39 AM
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