... During the 1968 Christmas season Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders flew the Apollo 8 command module From the Earth to the Moon and back (launched Dec. 21, achieved 10 lunar orbits, landed Dec. ... Uranus' Moon Miranda . ... The third and fourth innermost moons of Saturn were unexpectedly discovered to be gravitational "shepards." ... December 22 marks the Winter Solstice - the beginning of winter in the Earth's northern hemisphere, and the first day of summer in the south! ... December ...