Apollo 8

Portrait of Astronaut Frank Borman

Portrait of Astronaut William A. Anders

Artist's concept of Apollo 8 command module in reentry orientation

Apollo 8 prime crew stand beside gondola for centrifuge training

Two members of Apollo 8 crew suited up for centrifuge training

Apollo 8 prime crew inside centrifuge gondola in bldg 29 during training

Astronaut Frank Borman suited up for centrifuge training

Insignia for Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission

Artist's concept of Apollo 8 command/service module heading for the moon

Artist's concept of Apollo 8 start thrust engine and head for home

Artist's concept of Apollo 8 lunar module adapter panels are jettisoned

Erection of the Apollo Service Module in High Bay #3

Apollo 8 spacecraft on way from VAB to Pad A, Launch Complex 39

Apollo 8 prime crew in foreground as spacecraft leaves VAB on way to pad

Apollo 8 vehicle on way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39

Apollo 8 vehicle on way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39

Apollo 8 prime crew in bldg 4 participating in classroom work

Astronaut James Lovell in bldg 4 participating in classroom work

Apollo 8 prime crew seen during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico

Apollo 8 prime crew seen during water egress training in Gulf of Mexico

Apollo 8 prime crew seen inside Apollo Boilerplate during water egress

Apollo 8 prime crew seen inside Apollo Boilerplate during water egress

Apollo 8 prime crew inside simulator at KCS during training preparations

Apollo 8 crew posing on KSC simulator in space suits

Ground level view of Apollo 8 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 38

Aerial view of Apollo 8 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 38

Ground level view of Apollo 8 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 38

Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission

Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission

Apollo 8 crew leaves Manned Spacecraft Operations Bldg during countdown

View of the Saturn V third stage from which the Apollo 8 has separated

Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission

View of the Saturn V third stage from which the Apollo 8 has separated

Clifford Charlesworth seated at his console in Mission Control Room

View of the Saturn V third stage from which the Apollo 8 has separated

View of earth visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft during lunar orbital mission

View of rising Earth about five degrees above the Lunar horizon

Photograph of nearly full moon taken from Apollo 8

High-oblique view of Moon's surface showing earth rising above horizon

Southeastern United States and Caribbean Sea from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Entire Western Hemisphere visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft

View of the earth transmitted during live televition transmission Apollo 8

View of the earth transmitted during live televition transmission Apollo 8

View of the earth transmitted during live televition transmission Apollo 8

View of earth during return from moon taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Oblique view of the lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Brightly-rayed crater on the farside of the moon near the subsolar point

Oblique photograph looking northwest into Sea of Tranquility

High altitude view of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

High altitude oblique view of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

View of Goclenius and other craters

View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Oblique view of the lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

View of crater Tsiolkovsky taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Oblique view of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Near vertical view of lunar farside taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Oblique view of the lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Oblique view of the lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Near vertical view of lunar farside taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Apollo 8 capsule hoisted aboard U.S.S. Yorktown

Apollo 8 crew arrive aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown

Apollo 8 crew arrive aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown

Apollo 8 crew arrive aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown

U.S. Navy frogmen participate in Apollo 8 recovery

Apollo 8 crew arrive aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown

Apollo 8 reentry photograph

Apollo 8 crew participate in technical debriefing at MSC

Astronaut James Lovell seen at Spacecraft guidance and navigation station

Apollo 8 crew shown during intravehicular activity during mission

Apollo 8 crew shown during intravehicular activity during mission

Apollo 8 crew shown during intravehicular activity during mission

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