From the Ground-to-Air Communications:
CAPCOM: Apollo 8, Houston. 1 minute until LOS. All systems go. Roger, safe journey, guys.
Apollo 8: Thanks a lot, troops. We'll see you on the other side.
CAPCOM: Apollo 8, 10 seconds to GO. You're GO all the way.
Apollo 8: Roger.
At 69:01:00 MET, about 04:52 EST, Apollo 8 passed behind the Moon and out of touch of Earth. Mankind would have to wait to find out whether Apollo 8 was able to enter Lunar orbit or would be coming home on a free-return trajectory.
About seven minutes to LOI.
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