A Lunar Bible or Moon Bible is one which has been carried to the moon and back. Surprising as it may sound , the lunar Bibles were produced by the Apollo Prayer League, a group of NASA engineers, scientists, administrators and astronauts, and headed by NASA chaplain Rev. John Stout, who worked closely with the astronauts and NASA personnel.
The Bibles actually made two trips into space. The first time they almost made the mood while on Apollo 12 but a mistake on the lunar landing checklist resulted in the bible orbiting the moon in the Command Module. The Bibles then made it on to Apollo 13 - the spaceship which luckily made it back to Earth despite the explosion on board that not only meant the trip was a disaster but the astronauts were lucky enough to get back alive. The Bibles finally made lunar fall on Febrauary 5, 1971 on board the lunar module Anteres attached to Apollo 14.
The rare Bibles were actually produced on microfilms - since each and every pound of weight in a spaceship matters. However the Bibles were complete in all respects - all 1245 pages of the King James version made it to the moon.
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