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View of the earth transmitted during live televition transmission Apollo 8
View of the earth that was transmitted back from space during the sixth live television transmission from the Apollo 8 spacecraft as it continued its journey home. At the time this picture was made, the Apollo 8 spacecraft was about 97,000 nautical miles from earth, and was traveling at a speed of 6,084 ft per second.
Catalog Date: 23 December 1968
Film Type: 4x5 BW
NASA image: S68-56045