Apollo 8 Astronauts on the USS Yorktown After Splashdown

Apollo 8 Astronauts on the USS Yorktown After Splashdown

Apollo 8 Astronauts on USS Yorktown

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)

NASA

Apollo Project (U.S.)

Project Apollo (U.S.)

Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)

Lovell, Jim

Astronauts--United States

Borman, Frank, 1928-

Anders, William Alison, 1933-

The crew of Apollo 8 (AS-503) stepping off of the recovery helicopter on the carrier USS Yorktown in the Pacific Ocean. Photographed from left to right are Jim Lovell (1928-), Frank Borman (1928-), and William Anders (1933-), who had just completed the first mission orbiting the Moon. Apollo 8 was the first manned launch of a Saturn V booster and mission to leave Earth orbit. It launched on December 21, 1968, with Commander Borman, Command Module Pilot Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot Anders. Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit, reach the Moon, and orbit and return safely to Earth. The crew became the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit, to see Earth as a whole planet, to directly see the far side of the Moon, and to witness Earthrise.

Original black and white photographic print, December 28, 1968: Space Walk of Fame Collection.

1968-12-28

Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic print, December 28, 1968.

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Copyright to this resource is held by Florida Space Coast History Project and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Michlowitz, Robert

Cepero, Laura

"APOLLO 8 (AS-503)." Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Accessed June 26, 2015. http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/orbital-missions/apollo8.cfm.

1 black and white photographic print