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NASA Center: Johnson Space Center
Image # : S69-15592
Date : 12/27/1968

Title

Apollo 8 Reentry

Full Description

This Apollo 8 reentry photograph was taken by a U.S. Air Force ALOTS (Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System) camera mounted on a KC-135A 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.

Keywords

Apollo 8 ALOTS Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System KC-135A KC-135 Reentry Re-entry

Subject Category

Apollo 8,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: JSC
  • Center Number: S69-15592
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001357

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: USAF
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail .jpg 90 70 8
Small .jpg 640 496 138
Medium .jpg 1500 1163 797
Large .jpg 3000 2325 3,184

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