John F. Kennedy Space Center
N.A.S.A.
The prime crew for the National Aeronautics and
Space Administrations Apollo 8 Moon Orbital flight posed by the Apollo mission simulator are astronauts (Left to Right) James A. Lovell, Jr., Command Module (CM) Pilot, William A. Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot, and Frank Borman, Commander.
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Apollo 8
Lunar Vehicle
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Launch of Apollo 8 Astronauts, Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders, in a successful orbit of the Moon.
Color Photo by NASA
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Apollo 8 Moon View
This is a near vertical photograph of the lunar surface taken with a telephoto lens during the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. The area covered by the photograph is approximately 20 miles on a side, and the photographed area is located at about 3 degrees south latitude and 160 degrees west longitude on the lunar farside. The lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indicated by this print.
Color by NASA
All three postcards are unused.
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Apollo 8, the second human spaceflight mission in the United States Apollo space program, was launched on December 21, 1968, and became the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, reach the Earth's Moon, orbit it and return safely to Earth. The three-astronaut crew became the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit, the first to see Earth as a whole planet, the first to directly see the far side of the Moon, and then the first to witness Earthrise.
