Article
Apollo 8 Astronaut Launches IWU Audiences to the Moon
The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)
(2022)
Abstract
That first manned NASA mission to leave low Earth orbit and travel to the moon took place Dec. 21-27, 1968. Just
three months later, on March 18, 1969, the three Apollo 8 astronauts - Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders -were
awarded their first honorary doctorates at the 1969 IWU Founders' Day Convocation. Lovell and Anders were on
backup for the Apollo 11 mission and so received their degrees in absentia. Borman came to Bloomington to accept the degrees on their behalf and to dedicate the Mark Evans Observatory, which was still under construction. The structure's walls were just high enough to accept a time capsule that would
be part of the dedication ceremony.
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Publication Date
June 19, 2022
Publisher Statement
Meg Miner. "Apollo 8's Borman left mark at IWU Astronaut placed time capsule in observatory wall Apollo 8 astronaut visit had Illinois Wesleyan University over the moon". The Pantagraph [Bloomington, Illinois], 19 June 2022, A18. Accessed April 4, 2023.
Citation Information
Meg Miner. "Apollo 8 Astronaut Launches IWU Audiences to the Moon" The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) (2022) p. 18 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/meg_miner/37/
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