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NASA Center: Johnson Space Center
Image # : S68-56344
Date : 12/27/1968

Title

Apollo 8 Recovery

Full Description

A team of U.S. Navy underwater demolition swimmers prepares the Apollo 8 command module for being hoisted aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, prime recovery vessel for the initial manned lunar orbital mission. The crew members - astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., and William A. Anders - had already egressed the spacecraft and were aboard the recovery ship at the time of this photo.

Keywords

Apollo 8 Splashdown USS Yorktown

Subject Category

Apollo Spacecraft, Spacecraft Landings, Apollo 8,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: JSC
  • Center Number: S68-56344
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001505

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: unknown
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail .jpg 90 90 16
Small .jpg 640 643 427
Medium .jpg 1500 1506 2,380
Large .jpg 3000 3011 8,429

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