...snapshots," still sharp and clear five years after the lunar landing. Two days out on the mission, " 'The moon I have known all my life, that two-dimensional, small yellow disk in the sky, has gone somewhere to be replaced by the most awesome sphere I have ever seen. . . . This cool, magnificent...

...fascinated audiences on earth. "The moon I have known all my life . . . has gone away," Collins remembered, "to be replaced by the most awesome sphere I have ever seen." The great disc that filled their window was now three-dimensional, with the belly bulging so Collins...

...about the shock he felt at what he saw. "The change in its appearance is dramatic, spectacular and electrifying. The Moon I have known all my life, that...replaced by the most awesome sphere I have ever seen." This most poetic of all the astronauts had managed to glimpse the Moon at an opportune moment, just...