Apollo 8, preparing to launch: eight photographs including pre-launch activities; candid crew portraits; and liftoff, Cape Canaveral, Florida, September 20, 1968 to December 27, 1968
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Apollo 8, preparing to launch: eight photographs including pre-launch activities; candid crew portraits; and liftoff, Cape Canaveral, Florida, September 20, 1968 to December 27, 1968

NASA [Apollo 8]

Fermé28 April 2021

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Apollo 8, preparing to launch: eight photographs including pre-launch activities; candid crew portraits; and liftoff, Cape Canaveral, Florida, September 20, 1968 to December 27, 1968
NASA [Apollo 8]
i. Astronaut James Lovell, Jr. suited for a simulated flight in preparation for the Apollo 8 mission, Cape Canaveral, Florida, September 20, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on verso

ii. Saturn V transported from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch complex 39 pad A, Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 9, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on verso

iii. Saturn V transported from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch complex 39 pad A, Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 9, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on verso

iv. Saturn V lifting off from launch complex 39 pad A, Cape Canaveral, Florida, December 21, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA JFK Space Center caption on verso

v. Astronaut James Lovell Jr. waves to well-wishes at pre-dawn on launch day, December 21, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA JFK Space Center caption on verso

vi. Astronaut William Anders suited for a simulated flight in preparation for the Apollo 8 mission, September 20, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on verso

vii. The prime crew of Apollo 8 (L to R), William Anders, James Lovell Jr., and Frank Borman, before December 21, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on verso

viii. Onboard Apollo 8 recovery ship U.S.S. Yorktown on the day of splashdown, December 27, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption on verso

Note du spécialiste

Astronaut Frank Borman described the Apollo 8 mission as one of exploration. "We took the human intellect and the human vision, the human mind, 240,000 miles away from its home. That was the importance. Whether we found a rock there or not was of no importance.” (Chaikin, Voices, p. 184)