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Listen: The World ProgramApollo 8 takeoff.
Image Number
PC12741
Photographer
United States. - National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Date
1968
Date Note
Photographed on December 21, 1968.
Rights
Collection
Postcard collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 postcard - col. - 14 x 9 cm.
General Note
The Apollo 8 mission took place between December 21 (launch) and December 27 (landing) 1968. The astronauts were Frank Borman, Commander; William A. Anders, Lunar Module Pilot; and James A. Lovell, Jr., Command Module Pilot. It was the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth's gravity and successfully orbit the Moon.
Apollo 8 takeoff.
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