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Apollo 8 Launch
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Apollo 8 Launch |
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1968-12-21 |
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The third Saturn V launch vehicle (SA-503) for the Apollo 8 mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on December 21, 1968. The first manned Saturn V vehicle with a crew of three astronauts, Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., and William Anders, escaped Earth's gravity, traveled to the lunar vicinity, and orbited the Moon. |
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Apollo 11 Astronauts Review
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Apollo 11 Astronauts Review Lunar Charts During Breakfast |
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1969-07-16 |
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Chief astronaut and director of flight crew operations, Donald K. Slayton (right front) reviews lunar charts with Apollo 11 astronauts Michael Collins (left), Neil Armstrong, and Edwin Aldrin (next to Slayton) during breakfast a short time before the three men launched for the first Moon landing mission. Sharing breakfast with the crew was William Anders (left rear), Lunar Module pilot for the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. The Apollo 11 mission launched from the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. The CM, ?Columbia?, piloted by Collins, remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, ?Eagle??, carrying astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin, landed on the Moon. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong was the first human to ever stand on the lunar surface, followed by Aldrin. During 2½ hours of surface exploration, the crew collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material for analysis back on Earth. With the success of Apollo 11, the national objective to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished. |
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Dignitaries Await Apollo 11
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Dignitaries Await Apollo 11 Lift Off |
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1969-07-16 |
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From the right, NASA administrator, Dr. Thomas O. Paine talks with U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew while awaiting the launch of Saturn V (AS-506) that carried the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the Moon for man?s historic first landing on the lunar surface. At center is astronaut William Anders, a member of the first crew to orbit the moon during the Apollo 8 mission. At left is Lee B. James, director of Program Management at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) where the Saturn V was developed. The craft lifted off from launch pad 39 at Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) on July 16, 1969. The moon bound crew included astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (M) pilot. The mission finalized with splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969. With the success of Apollo 11, the national objective to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished. |
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Earth Rise
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Earth Rise |
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During 1968, the Apollo 8 [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo8/Apollo8.html ] crew flew from the Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html ] to the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010218.html ] and back. The crew, consisting of Frank Borman [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/borman-f.html ], James Lovell [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lovell-ja.html ], and William Anders [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/anders-wa.html ], were launched atop a Saturn V rocket [ http://www.apollosaturn.com/frame-sv.htm ] on December 21, circled the Moon ten times in their command module, and landed back on Earth on December 27. The Apollo 8 [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo/AS08/a08.htm ] mission's impressive list of firsts includes: the first humans to journey to the Earth's Moon [ http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html ], the first manned flight using the Saturn V [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010525.html ], and the first to photograph the Earth from deep space. The famous picture above [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS8/10074963.htm ], showing the Earth rising above [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010713.html ] the Moon's limb as seen from lunar orbit, was a marvelous gift to the world. |
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Earth Rise
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Earth Rise |
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During the 1968 Christmas season Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders flew the Apollo 8 [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-8/ apollo-8.html ] command module From the Earth to the Moon [ http://www.w3.org/hypertext/DataSources/bySubject/ Literature/Gutenberg/etext93/moon10.txt ] and back (launched Dec. 21, achieved 10 lunar orbits, landed Dec. 27). The Apollo 8 [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS08/Apollo8_fact.html ] mission's impressive list of firsts includes, the first manned flight using the Saturn V rocket [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950829.html ], the first humans to journey to the Earth's Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951128.html ], and the first to photograph the Earth from deep space [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950819.html ]. The famous picture above [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS8/10074963.htm ], showing the Earth rising above the Moon's limb as seen from lunar orbit, was a marvelous gift to the world. This was astronaut James Lovell's third mission. His last flight would be as commander of Apollo 13 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950708.html ]. |
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Earthrise
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Earthrise |
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In December of 1968, the Apollo 8 [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo8/Apollo8.html ] crew flew from the Earth to the Moon [ http://jv.gilead.org.il/pg/moon/ ] and back again. Frank Borman [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ borman-f.html ], James Lovell [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ lovell-ja.html ], and William Anders [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ anders-wa.html ] were launched atop a Saturn V rocket [ http://www.apollosaturn.com/saturnv.htm ] on December 21, circled the Moon ten times in their command module, and returned to Earth on December 27. The Apollo 8 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/ MasterCatalog?sc=1968-118A ] mission's impressive list of firsts includes: the first humans to journey to the Earth's Moon [ http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html ], the first manned flight using the Saturn V [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010525.html ], and the first to photograph [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo8/ A08_Photography.html ] the Earth from deep space. As the Apollo 8 command module rounded the farside of the Moon, the crew could look toward the lunar horizon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010713.html ] and see the Earth appear to rise, due to their spacecraft's orbital motion. The famous picture [ http://www.abc.net.au/science/moon/earthrise.htm ] that resulted, of a distant blue Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030426.html ] above the Moon's limb, was a marvelous gift to the world. |
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