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Saturn Apollo Program
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This is a photograph of the Apollo 8 Capsule being hoisted onto the recovery ship following splashdown on December 27, 1968. The first manned Apollo mission to escape Earth’s gravity and travel to the lunar vicinity, the Saturn V, SA-503, Apollo 8 mission liftoff occurred seven days prior, on December 21, 1968. Aboard were astronauts William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot; James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot; and Frank Borman, commander.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineSaturn Apollo Program. NASA/MSFC, 1968-12-27. Public domain. ID: 6973136.
