Apollo 8 had been out of touch now on the far side of the Moon for almost forty minutes. Any second now, contact would be regained with the spacecraft if the TEI burn had been successful.
Mission Control waited. America waited. The world waited. Would Humanity's first Moon voyagers be coming home?
Telemetry received, right when it was supposed to be with a successful TEI! Waiting for the crew's voices...then, through some static:
Apollo 8 (Lovell): Apollo 8, over.
CAPCOM: Hello, Apollo 8! Loud and clear.
Apollo 8 (Lovell): Roger. Please be informed there is a Santa Claus!
CAPCOM: That's affirmative. You are the best ones to know!
Apollo 8 is on the way home. One critical point is left - hitting a very small reentry corridor, with only one chance to do so.
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