Frank Borman (CDR)

Thank you. Houston, Apollo 8.

Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)

Roger, Frank. The custard is in the oven at 350. Over.

Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. Two minutes until LOS.

Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, Houston. One minute to LOS. All systems GO.

Frank Borman (CDR)

Roger. Going to COMMAND RESET, tape recorder FORWARD low bit rate.

Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)

Roger. Safe journey, guys.

Jim Lovell (CMP)

We'll see you on the other side.

Jerry Carr (CAPCOM)

Apollo 8, 10 seconds to go. You're GO all the way.

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Spoken on Dec. 24, 1968, 9:48 a.m. UTC (55 years, 10 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet