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Apollo 8 Prime Crew

10  x  8  Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-68-50265

James Lovell, Bill Anders and Frank Borman

This fine NASA glossy reissue is in very good condition and has the black logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Prime Crew #2

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-68-50265

James Lovell, Bill Anders and Frank Borman

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Apollo 8 Prime Crew #3

10.5  x  8  Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-68-50265

James Lovell, Bill Anders and Frank Borman

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Apollo 8 Saturn V Instrument Unit

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No.  68-H-193

6 March 1968

The Apollo 8 Saturn V stack's Instrument Unit (IU) is being hoisted and transferred to the High Bay for stacking the Apollo 8 launch vehicle. The IU carries all the electronic components for the space vehicle.

This fine NASA reissue is in near mint condition with the original style purple logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo Facilities Verification Spacecraft

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  68-H-769

23 August 1968

A fantastic detailed view inside the VAB as an Apollo Facilities Verification Spacecraft is hoisted onto the Saturn 503 launch vehicle in High Bay #1. The verification spacecraft will be used for testing purposes and will later be replaced by the Apollo flight spacecraft 103 that is undergoing checkout in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building for the Apollo 8 Mission.

This very fine 1970's glossy NASA photograph was printed using the same paper and process as the vintage prints and is in near mint condition with the vintage style purple logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Spacecraft 103 Ready To Mate

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  108-KSC-68P-385

7 October 1968

The Apollo 8 spacecraft 103 is lowered from a work stand to its transporter within the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building in preparations for the five-mile trip to the VAB where it will be mated with the Saturn 503 launch vehicle for the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission.

This very fine 1970's glossy NASA photograph was printed using the same paper and process as the vintage prints and is in near mint condition with the vintage style purple logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Water Egress Training

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No.  S-68-53223

19 October 1968

The prime crew of the Apollo 8 mission in life raft awaiting pickup by U.S. Coast Guard helicopter during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. They had just egressed Apollo Boilerplate 1102A, at left. Inflated bags were used to upright the boilerplate. Left to right, are Astronauts William A. Anders, lunar module pilot; James A. Lovell Jr., command module pilot; and Frank Borman, commander. A team of Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) swimmers assisted with the training exercise.

This fine NASA reissue is in very good condition, near mint with the original style purple logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Water Egress Training #2

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  S-68-53223

19 October 1968

The prime crew of the Apollo 8 mission in life raft awaiting pickup by U.S. Coast Guard helicopter during water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. They had just egressed Apollo Boilerplate 1102A, at left. Inflated bags were used to upright the boilerplate. Left to right, are Astronauts William A. Anders, lunar module pilot; James A. Lovell Jr., command module pilot; and Frank Borman, commander. A team of Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) swimmers assisted with the training exercise.

This very fine NASA photogrpah is in mint condition with the original vintage style purple logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Roll Out With Dr. Debus

10  x  8  Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No.  116-KSC-68P-728

9 October 1968

The good doctor Burt Debus poses as the Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle rolls out from Kennedy Space Centre's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on its way to Pad A of Launch Complex 39.

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Apollo 8 Service Structure Pull Back Alert #2

10  x  8  Colour NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-68-55416

17 December 1968

A fantastic late afternoon view of the Apollo 8 Saturn V. The Apollo 8 stack was photographed during a pre-launch alert mobile service structure pull back.

This fine NASA reissue is in very good condition and has the original style black logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 William Anders Suits Up

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  68-H-1311

18 December 1968

As a precaution against infections a spacesuit technician wears surgical mask while adjusting the chin strap of communications carrier worn by Apollo 8 Lunar Module Pilot William Anders, during suiting for a Countdown Demonstration Test.

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Apollo 8 Crew Relax Before Flight

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 108-KSC-68P-610

20 December 1968

The Apollo 8 prime crew relax in their crew quarters at the Cape prior to the start of their planned lunar orbital mission. Lovell is far left with Borman in the middle and Anders on the far right.

This very fine 1970's glossy NASA photograph was printed using the same paper and process as the vintage prints and is in near mint condition with the vintage style purple logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Lift Off

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  108-KSC-68P-627

21 December 1968

The Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Centre, at 7:51 a.m., December 21, 1968.

This fine NASA glossy reissue is in good condition as it has a bent upper right corner.

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Saturn V Climbs Towards Space

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  108-KSC-68P-626

21 December 1968

A telescopic ground tracking camera at KSC follows the flight path of the Apollo 8 Saturn V launch vehicle as it lifts off for the Moon.

This very fine 1970's glossy NASA photograph was printed using the same paper and process as the vintage prints.

This very fine NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition with the vintage style purple logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Moon Over MSC View

10 x 8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S68-34803

24 December 1968

A shining and far-distant Moon symbolically looks down on a busy, well-lighted Mission Control Centre (MCC) on Christmas Eve. At the moment this picture was taken, a live telecast was being received on MCC television monitors from the Apollo 8 spacecraft which was orbiting the Moon some 238,857 miles away. An Apollo 8 TV camera was photographing the lunar surface from an altitude of only 60 nautical miles.

This very fine glossy NASA photograph is in near mint condition with the black logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Onboard With Jim Lovell

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  S-68-56533

30 December 1968

Astronaut Jim Lovell, Command Module Pilot, is shown during intravehicular activity on the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. This still print was made from movie film taken by an on-board 16mm motion picture camera.

This fine NASA glossy reissue is in very good condition with the purple worm logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Earthrise

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  AS8-14-2392

December 1968

This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 Astronauts as they came from behind the Moon after the lunar orbit insertion burn. The lunar surface features in the foreground are near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth.

This very fine NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition with the purple worm logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Earth View

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  AS8-16-2593

22 December 1968

A striking view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft showing nearly the entire Western Hemisphere, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, including nearby Newfoundland, extending to Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America. Central America is clearly outlined. Nearly all of South America is covered by clouds, except the high Andes Mountain chain along the west coast. A small portion of the bulge of west Africa shows along the sunset terminator.

This fine NASA glossy reissue is in very good condition, near mint with the purple worm logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Earth View #1

10  x  8  Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  AS8-16-2593

22 December 1968

A striking view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft showing nearly the entire Western Hemisphere, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, including nearby Newfoundland, extending to Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America. Central America is clearly outlined. Nearly all of South America is covered by clouds, except the high Andes Mountain chain along the west coast. A small portion of the bulge of west Africa shows along the sunset terminator.

This fine 1970's NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint.

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Earth View #2

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  AS8-16-2593

22 December 1968

A striking view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft showing nearly the entire Western Hemisphere, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, including nearby Newfoundland, extending to Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America. Central America is clearly outlined. Nearly all of South America is covered by clouds, except the high Andes Mountain chain along the west coast. A small portion of the bulge of west Africa shows along the sunset terminator.

This fine NASA glossy reissue is in very good condition, near mint with the purple worm logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Earth View #3

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  AS8-16-2596

22 December 1968

View of the earth as photographed by the Apollo 8 astronauts during their lunar orbital mission. North is about five percent to the right of vertical centre. The sunset terminator crosses North America and South America. Clouds cover most of the United States. Only the desert southwest and Florida are clear.

This fine NASA glossy reissue is in very good condition, near mint with the purple worm logo and text on the back.

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Earth View  #4

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS8-16-2589

22 December 1968

Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible in this view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The large, most prominent, land mass is the bulge of west Africa. The portion of Africa near the equator is dark and cloudy, but the more northerly portions are clear, showing the prominent cape at Dakar and the Senegal River in Senegal; Cap Blanc; the Adrar Plateau in Mauritania; the wide expanse of desert in Algeria and Spanish Sahara; and at the far edge, the Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Clouds cover the eastern coast of South America, southward from Surinam and Guyana to near the City of Salvador, Brazil. This view was taken after tranlunar insertion.

This fine 1970's glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition, near mint.

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Earth Sky View

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS8-16-2581

22 December 1968

Most of the south-eastern United States and Caribbean Sea, the U.S. coastline from Chesapeake Bay to the Florida peninsula can be seen from the Apollo 8 spacecraft in orbit above the Earth. The Bahamas and the Islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispiniola and Puerto Rico extend across the Caribbean. The light blue of the shallow Bahama banks contrasts with the darker hue of the deeper water especially in the Tongue of the Ocean area.

This fine 1970's glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition, near mint.

 

 

 

 

 

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Apollo 8 Onboard USS Yorktown

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  S-69-15737

27 December 1968

The Apollo 8 crew stands in the doorway of a recovery helicopter after arriving aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. Left to right, are Astronauts Frank Borman, commander; James A Lovell Jr., command module pilot; and William A. Anders, lunar module pilot. Apollo 8 splashed down at 10:51 a.m., December 27, 1968.

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Apollo 8 Post Flight De-briefing

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No.  S-68-56530

30 December 1968

The crew of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission participates in a technical debriefing session at the Manned Spacecraft Centre, bldg 4. Left to right, are Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr.; Frank Borman; and William A. Anders.

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