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William Anders: An original NASA colour offset photograph of Apollo 8 in orbit around the Moon on December 24th 1968. In the distance the rising Earth. Back with description. Photo size 20.5×25.5 cm. Frame size 33×43 cm.

Apollo 8 was the second manned mission within the Apollo Program and the astronauts Frank Borman (b. 1928), James Lovell (b. 1928) and William Anders (b. 1933) thereby became the first humans in orbit around the Moon - actually no less than 10 times. It was also the first manned launching of the Saturn V rocket. Apollo 8 was launched from Cape Canaveral , Florida on December 21st 1968 and returned to Earth on December 27th (Pacific Ocean).

Condition

This is an original NASA colour offset photograph from 1975, which shows normal signs of handling.

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Art, antiques & collector's items, 14 January 2021

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