View of the earth transmitted during live televition transmission Apollo 8
S68-55816 (24 Dec. 1968) --- This is how the surface of the moon looked from an altitude of approximately 60 miles as photographed by a television camera aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft. This is Apollo 8's third live television transmission back to Earth. At the time this picture was made, the Apollo 8 spacecraft, with astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., and William A. Anders aboard, was making its second revolution of the moon.
- Date
- 1968-12-23
- Collection
- JSC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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"View of the earth transmitted during live televition transmission Apollo 8" (1968-12-23). NASA/JSC. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/S68-55816Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 8594.
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