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STS062-77-050 - STS-062 - Earth observations from STS-62 flight

STS085-714-060 - STS-085 - Earth observations taken from orbiter Discovery during STS-85 mission

STS091-709-085 - STS-091 - Earth observations taken from orbiter Discovery during STS-91 mission

S47-104-072 - STS-047 - Earth observations taken during the STS-47 mission

STS073-710-080 - STS-073 - Earth observations taken from shuttle orbiter Columbia

S29-73-014 - STS-029 - STS-29 earth observations

STS090-712-023 - STS-090 - Earth observations taken during STS-90 mission

STS068-226-017 - STS-068 - Earth observations during STS-68 mission

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Summary

S68-56045 (26 Dec. 1968) --- Television viewers saw this picture of Earth during the sixth live telecast from the Apollo 8 spacecraft as it continued its journey home. At the time this picture was made, the Apollo 8 spacecraft, with astronauts Frank Borman, commander; James A. Lovell Jr., command module pilot; and William A. Anders, lunar module pilot, aboard, was about 97,000 nautical miles from Earth, and was traveling at a speed of 6,084 feet per second. As the spacecraft continued its trans-Earth course, the Apollo 8 crew noted that "Earth was getting larger" and that they were looking forward to being home.

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lunar surface television systems johnson space center apollo apollo program inflight apollo viii crew activities crew activities high resolution earth spacecraft command module pilot module pilot journey home astronauts frank borman television viewers home commander trans earth course american frank borman astronauts apollo 8 earth from space nasa
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Date

24/12/1968
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Source

NASA
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https://images.nasa.gov/
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Public Domain Dedication (CC0)

label_outline Explore Apollo Viii, Journey Home, Astronauts Frank Borman

Apollo 10 view of the Earth. NASA public domain image colelction.

Fiordland National Park from "Farthest East, and South and West. Notes of a Journey Home through Japan, Australisia and America. By an Anglo-Indian Globe-trotter (C. R. Sail)"

STS106-311-013 - STS-106 - Flyaround views of the ISS taken from Atlantis during STS-106

AST-11-654 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Indonesia, West Irian, Mamberamo River, Japen Island

Astronaut David Scott watching hammer and feather fall to lunar surface

STS079-787-004 - STS-079 - View of Mir over the horizon, taken after undocking with Atlantis

Close-up view of astronauts footprint in lunar soil

Apollo 9 Mission image - Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, during EVA

Apollo 16 view of the earth from translunar injection

AS08-16-2631 - Apollo 8 - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

AS08-14-2525 - Apollo 8 - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

AS08-15-2573 - Apollo 8 - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

Topics

lunar surface television systems johnson space center apollo apollo program inflight apollo viii crew activities crew activities high resolution earth spacecraft command module pilot module pilot journey home astronauts frank borman television viewers home commander trans earth course american frank borman astronauts apollo 8 earth from space nasa