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Apollo 8's historic 1968 mission

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• The Apollo 8 crew standing in front of a simulator during training. Left to right: Jim Lovell, Bill Anders and Frank Borman.
• The official patch for the Apollo 8 mission, based on a design by crewmember Jim Lovell.
• The launch of the Apollo 8 mission from Cape Canaveral. The crescent moon was superimposed on the image later.
• Line schematics of the Apollo Command Module and Service Module.
• The third stage of the Saturn V rocket after separation from the Command/Service Module.
• The first photo taken by humans of the entire Earth. South America is at top, with North America in the bottom right.
• Aboard the Command Module during the Apollo 8 mission, a still from a 16-mm film. Commander Frank Borman is at center.
• The first Earthrise ever photographed; a color photograph followed minutes later.
• The famous full-color image of the Earth rising over the moon.
• The far side of the moon, as photographed from Apollo 8 in orbit.
• The Apollo 8 crewmembers arrive aboard the USS Yorktown after being picked up in the Pacific.
• The Apollo 8 Command Module on the deck of the USS Yorktown after being recovered on Dec. 27, 1968.

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