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Apollo 8 Recovery, NASA Moon program

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(December 27, 1968) The Apollo 8 crew stands in the doorway of a recovery helicopter after arriving aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, recovery vessel for the historic initial manned lunar orbital mission. In left foreground is astronaut Frank Borman, Mission Commander. Behind Borman is astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Command Module pilot; and on the right is astronaut William A. Anders, Lunar Module pilot. Apollo 8 splashed down at 10:51 a.m. (EST), December 27, 1968, in the central Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,000 miles south-southwest of Hawaii. ..Image # : S68-56326

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apollo 8 frank borman james lovell jim lovell william anders bill anders splashdown apollo astronaut frank borman command module pilot lunar module pilot recovery helicopter recovery vessel mission commander astronaut james astronaut william recovery mission borman pacific ocean miles south southwest american astronauts uss yorktown nasa
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label_outline Explore Miles South Southwest, Recovery Vessel, William Anders

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apollo 8 frank borman james lovell jim lovell william anders bill anders splashdown apollo astronaut frank borman command module pilot lunar module pilot recovery helicopter recovery vessel mission commander astronaut james astronaut william recovery mission borman pacific ocean miles south southwest american astronauts uss yorktown nasa