| NASA Center: |
Johnson Space Center |
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| Image # : |
S68-56326 |
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| Date : |
12/27/1968
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Title
Apollo 8 recovery
Full Description
The Apollo 8 crew stands in the doorway of a recovery helicopter after arriving
aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, recovery vessel for the historic initial
manned lunar orbital mission. In left foreground is astronaut Frank Borman,
Mission Commander. Behind Borman is astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Command
Module pilot; and on the right is astronaut William A. Anders, Lunar Module
pilot. Apollo 8 splashed down at 10:51 a.m. (EST), December 27, 1968, in the
central Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,000 miles south-southwest of Hawaii.
Keywords
Apollo 8 Frank Borman James Lovell Jim Lovell William Anders Bill Anders Splashdown
Subject Category
Astronauts, Spacecraft Landings, Apollo 8,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JSC
- Center Number:
S68-56326
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001504
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: unknown
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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