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Apollo 8
Apollo 8 reentry photograph

This Apollo 8 reentry photograph was taken by U.S. Air Force ALOTS (Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System) camera mounted on a KC-135-A aircraft flown at 40,000 ft altitude. Apollo 8 splashed down at 10:15 a.m., December 27, 1968, in the central Pacific approximately 1,000 miles south-southwest of Hawaii.



Catalog Date: 27 December 1968
Film Type: 4x5
NASA image: S69-15592


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