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APOLLO 16 MM LAUNCH VIEWS
Multiple close-up and Long R …
1968
Description Multiple close-up and Long Range Tracker views of the Apollo 8 launch. Arm swing and Fuel Disconnect launch pad views of Apollo 11 launch. Several close-up shots and umbilical disconnect views of the Apollo 12 launch.
Date 1968
APOLLO 07 and 08 16MM ONBOAR …
Film taken includes Earth vi …
Description Film taken includes Earth views and nice views of the Saturn 1B launch vehicle S-4B stage after separation from the Command and Service Module (CSM) and during station keeping. Also includes Walter Cunningham donning his pressure suit, an Earth limb sunset view, and Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Cunningham in the Command and Service Module (CSM). From Apollo 08, includes various full Earth views, views of lunar surface taken during lunar orbit, and Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders inside Command Module (CM).
APOLLO 06 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken looking out the C …
Description Film taken looking out the Command and Service Module (CSM) window during the flight.
APOLLO 06 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken looking out the C …
Description Film taken looking out the Command and Service Module (CSM) window during the flight.
APOLLO 06 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken looking out the C …
Description Film taken looking out the Command and Service Module (CSM) window during the flight.
APOLLO 06 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken looking out the C …
Description Film taken looking out the Command and Service Module (CSM) window during the flight.
APOLLO 06 16MM ONBOARD FILM …
Film taken looking out the C …
Description Film taken looking out the Command and Service Module (CSM) window during the flight.
JSC345_Apollo_Atmospheric_En …
APOLLO ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY PHA …
1968
Description APOLLO ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY PHASE JSC 345 - (1968) - 26 Minutes Explains the geometry of return trajectory and reentry into the Earth's atmosphere by the Apollo spacecraft, as well as the problems involved and the methods and actions for overcoming these pro
Date 1968
Apollo 7 and 8 Crew in the W …
Title Apollo 7 and 8 Crew in the White House.
Full Description Apollo 7 and 8 flight crews sign a commemorative document to be hung in the Treaty Room of the White House honoring the occasion. Those signing are from left to right: Apollo 7 Astronauts: Walter Cunningham, Donn F. Eisele, and Walter M. Schirra. Apollo 8 Astronauts: William A. Anders, James A. Lovell, Jr., and Frank Borman. Standing are: Charles A. Lindbergh (also a signer) Lady Bird Johnson President Lyndon B. Johnson NASA Administrator James E. Webb, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
Date 12/03/1968
NASA Center Headquarters
The Apollo 9 Astronauts
Name of Image The Apollo 9 Astronauts
Date of Image 1968-12-19
Full Description Pictured from left to right, the Apollo 9 astronauts, James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart, pause in front of the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle that would launch the Apollo 8 crew. The launch of the Apollo 9 (Saturn V launch vehicle, SA-504) took place on March 3, 1968. The Apollo 9 spacecraft, in the lunar mission configuration, was tested in Earth orbit. The mission was designed to rehearse all the steps and reproduce all the events of the Apollo 11 mission with the exception of the lunar touchdown, stay, and liftoff. The command and service modules, and the lunar module were used in flight procedures identical to those that would later take similar vehicles to the Moon, and a landing. The flight mechanics, mission support systems, communications, and recording of data were tested in a final round of verification. Astronauts Scott and Schweickart conducted Extravehicular Activity during this mission.
Saturn V Third Stage LM Adap …
Title Saturn V Third Stage LM Adapter
Full Description Attached to the Saturn IV-B stage, the Lunar Module Adapter's four panels are retracted to the fully open position. This is where the Lunar Module (LM) is stored during launch. On missions requiring the use of a LM, the four panels would be retracted and jettisoned before rendezvous and docking. This photo was taken during the Apollo 7 mission, when no Lunar Module was carried. The SIV-B stage flew as the second stage on a Saturn IB rocket. It is also used as the third stage on the Saturn V. The Apollo 7 mission was designed to test the Apollo Command and Service Module spacecraft systems specifically. Apollo 9 was the first mission to fly the Lunar Module.
Date 10/11/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Earth from Apollo 8
Title Earth from Apollo 8
Full Description This is how the Earth looked as photographed from a point near the Moon by the Apollo 8 astronauts. The Earth fills less than one percent of the frame exposed through 80mm lens. North is approximately vertical. Kinda lonely, isn't it?
Date 12/01/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 8 Crew
Name of Image Apollo 8 Crew
Date of Image 1968-11-21
Full Description The Apollo 8 Crew (L to R) Frank Borman, commander, William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot, and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot pose in front of the Apollo mission simulator during training. The three served as the crew for the first manned Apollo mission launched aboard the Saturn V and first manned Apollo craft to enter lunar orbit. Liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968 with a safe return to Earth on December 27, 1968. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information on topography and landmarks as well as other scientific information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.
Apollo 8 Crew
Name of Image Apollo 8 Crew
Date of Image 1968-09-09
Full Description The Apollo 8 Crew included (L to R) James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot, William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot, and Frank Borman, Commander. The first manned Apollo mission launched aboard the Saturn V and first manned Apollo craft to enter lunar orbit, the SA-503, Apollo 8 mission liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968 and returned safely to Earth on December 27, 1968. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information on topography and landmarks as well as other scientific information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.
Apollo 8 Launch Control Cent …
Name of Image Apollo 8 Launch Control Center Operations
Date of Image 1968-12-21
Full Description This photograph depicts a busy Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center during the Apollo 8 mission prelaunch activities. The first manned Apollo mission launched aboard the Saturn V and first manned Apollo craft to enter lunar orbit, the SA-503, Apollo 8 The crew included astronauts Frank Borman, Commander, William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot, and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot. The three safely returned to Earth on December 27, 1968. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.
Apollo 103/Saturn 503 Mate
Title Apollo 103/Saturn 503 Mate
Full Description The 103 Apollo Command/Service Module is shown being mated to the Instrument Unit atop the three-stage Apollo/Saturn 503 Launch Vehicle inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).
Date 10/7/1968
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 7 Launch
Title Apollo 7 Launch
Full Description The Apollo 7 Saturn IB space vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. October 11, 1968. A tracking antenna is on the left and a pad service structure on the right.
Date 10/11/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 8 Recovery
Title Apollo 8 Recovery
Full Description A team of U.S. Navy underwater demolition swimmers prepares the Apollo 8 command module for being hoisted aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, prime recovery vessel for the initial manned lunar orbital mission. The crew members - astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., and William A. Anders - had already egressed the spacecraft and were aboard the recovery ship at the time of this photo.
Date 12/27/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The Apollo 9 Prime Crew
Title The Apollo 9 Prime Crew
Full Description Portrait of the Apollo 9 prime crew in their space suits. From left to right they are: Commander, James A. McDivitt, Command Module pilot, David R. Scott, and Lunar Module pilot, Russell L. Schweickart. The Apollo 9 mission was designed to test the Apollo Command/Service and Lunar Modules in Earth orbit. The purpose was to verify that the Command/Service Module (CSM) could successfully dock with the Lunar Module (LM). The mission was also to test the LM systems in a "free flying" attitude to ensure that it performed as per specifications.
Date 12/18/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 7 Crew Portrait
Name of Image Apollo 7 Crew Portrait
Date of Image 1968-06-03
Full Description Pictured left to right, in the Apollo 7 Crew Portrait, are astronauts R. Walter Cunningham, Lunar Module pilot, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., commander, and Donn F. Eisele, Command Module Pilot. The Apollo 7 mission, boosted by a Saturn IB launch vehicle on October 11, 1968, was the first manned flight of the Apollo spacecraft.
Apollo 8 Capsule Hoisted Ont …
Name of Image Apollo 8 Capsule Hoisted Onto Recovery Ship
Date of Image 1968-12-27
Full Description This is a photograph of the Apollo 8 Capsule being hoisted onto the recovery ship following splashdown on December 27, 1968. The first manned Apollo mission to escape Earth?s gravity and travel to the lunar vicinity, the Saturn V, SA-503, Apollo 8 mission liftoff occurred seven days prior, on December 21, 1968. Aboard were astronauts William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot, James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot, and Frank Borman, commander. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information on topography and landmarks as well as other scientific information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.
Apollo 8 Crewmembers
Title Apollo 8 Crewmembers
Full Description Apollo 8 crew is photographed posing on a Kennedy Space Center (KSC) simulator in their space suits. From left to right are: James A. Lovell Jr., William A. Anders, and Frank Borman.
Date 11/22/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Schirra Reflects
Title Schirra Reflects
Full Description A heavy beard covers the face of astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Apollo 7 Commander, as he looks out the rendezvous window in front of the Commander's station on the ninth day of the Apollo 7 Earth orbital mission.
Date 10/20/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 8 Reentry
Title Apollo 8 Reentry
Full Description This Apollo 8 reentry photograph was taken by a U.S. Air Force ALOTS (Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System) camera mounted on a KC-135A aircraft flown at 40,000 ft altitude. Apollo 8 splashed down at 10:15 a.m., December 27, 1968, in the central Pacific approximately 1,000 miles South-Southwest of Hawaii.
Date 12/27/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 8 Crew Walk Red Carpe …
Name of Image Apollo 8 Crew Walk Red Carpet of Recovery Ship U.S.S. Yorktown
Date of Image 1968-12-27
Full Description Apollo 8 astronauts and commanding officer of the recovery ship U.S.S. Yorktown walk the red carpet of the flight deck after splashdown recovery in the Pacific Ocean. Apollo 8 served as the first manned lunar orbit mission and the first manned flight of the Saturn V space vehicle, developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968, carrying astronauts Frank Borman, commander, William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot, and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot. The three safely returned to Earth on December 27, 1968. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information on topography and landmarks as well as other scientific information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.
Apollo 8 recovery
Title Apollo 8 recovery
Full Description 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.
Date 12/27/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Earthrise - Apollo 8
Title Earthrise - Apollo 8
Full Description This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 astronauts as they came from behind the Moon after the lunar orbit insertion burn. The photo is displayed here in its original orientation, though it is more commonly viewed with the lunar surface at the bottom of the photo. Earth is about five degrees left of the horizon in the photo. The unnamed surface features on the left are near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth. The lunar horizon is approximately 780 kilometers from the spacecraft. Height of the photographed area at the lunar horizon is about 175 kilometers.
Date 12/29/1968
NASA Center Headquarters
Saturn V S-IC (First) Stage …
Name of Image Saturn V S-IC (First) Stage for Apollo 8 in the Vehicle Assembly Building
Date of Image 1967-12-01
Full Description The S-IC stage being erected for the final assembly of the Saturn V launch vehicle for the Apollo 8 mission (AS-503), is photographed in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) high bay at the Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 8 mission was the first Saturn V manned mission with astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William Anders. They escaped Earth's gravity and traveled to lunar vicinity. The launch of Apollo 8 occurred on December 21, 1968.
Saturn V S-IC (First) Stage …
Name of Image Saturn V S-IC (First) Stage for Apollo 8 in the Vehicle Assembly Building
Date of Image 1967-12-01
Full Description The S-IC stage being erected for the final assembly of the Saturn V launch vehicle for the Apollo 8 mission (AS-503), is photographed in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) high bay at the Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 8 mission was the first Saturn V manned mission with astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William Anders. They escaped Earth's gravity and traveled to lunar vicinity. The launch of Apollo 8 occurred on December 21, 1968.
Official Portrait of Astrona …
Name of Image Official Portrait of Astronaut Frank Borman
Date of Image 1964-09-09
Full Description This is the official portrait of astronaut Frank Borman. A career Air Force officer from 1950, his assignments included service as a fighter pilot, an operational pilot and instructor, an experimental test pilot and an assistant professor of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics at West Point. When selected by NASA, Frank Borman was an instructor at the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California. In 1967 he served as a member of the Apollo 204 Fire Investigation Board, investigating the causes of the fire which killed three astronauts aboard an Apollo spacecraft. Later he became the Apollo Program Resident Manager, heading the team that reengineered the Apollo spacecraft. He also served as Field Director of the NASA Space Station Task Force. Frank Borman retired from the air Force in 1970, but is well remembered as a part of American history as a pioneer in the exploration of space. He is a veteran of both the Gemini 7, 1965 Space Orbital Rendezvous with Gemini 6 and the first manned lunar orbital mission, Apollo 8, in 1968.
Apollo 8 Astronauts Leave Fo …
Name of Image Apollo 8 Astronauts Leave For Launch Pad
Date of Image 1968-12-21
Full Description Apollo 8 Astronaut and commander Frank Borman leads the way as he and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot, and William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot head out to the launch pad for the historical first manned Apollo mission to travel to the lunar vicinity, and first manned mission launched via the Saturn V vehicle. Liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968 and returned safely to Earth on December 27, 1968. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information on topography and landmarks as well as other scientific information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.
Apollo 8 Launch Control Cent …
Name of Image Apollo 8 Launch Control Center Operations
Date of Image 1968-12-21
Full Description This photograph depicts a busy Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center during the Apollo 8 mission launch activities. Apollo 8 served as the first manned lunar orbit mission. Liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968 with a three man crew consiting of astronauts Frank Borman, commander, William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot, and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot. The three safely returned to Earth on December 27, 1968. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information on topography and landmarks as well as other scientific information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.
Apollo 8 Commander Frank Bor …
Name of Image Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman Receives Presidential Call
Date of Image 1968-12-21
Full Description Apollo 8 Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first manned Saturn V space flight into Lunar orbit, accepted a phone call from the U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson prior to launch. Borman, along with astronauts William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) pilot, and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot, launched aboard the Apollo 8 mission on December 21, 1968 and returned safely to Earth on December 27, 1968. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information on topography and landmarks as well as other scientific information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.
Prime crew photographed duri …
Title Prime crew photographed during Apollo 7 mission
Description Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., Apollo 7 commander, is photographed during the Apollo 7 mission (1582), Astronaut Donn F. Eisele, Apollo 7 command module pilot, is photographed during the mission (1583), Astronaut Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 lunar module pilot, is photographed during mission (1584).
Date 10.14.1968
Prime crew photographed duri …
Title Prime crew photographed during Apollo 7 mission
Description Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., Apollo 7 commander, is photographed during the Apollo 7 mission (1582), Astronaut Donn F. Eisele, Apollo 7 command module pilot, is phtographed during the mission (1583), Astronaut Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 lunar module pilot, is photographed during mission (1584).
Date 10.14.1968
Prime crew photographed duri …
Title Prime crew photographed during Apollo 7 mission
Description Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., Apollo 7 commander, is photographed during the Apollo 7 mission (1582), Astronaut Donn F. Eisele, Apollo 7 command module pilot, is photographed during the mission (1583), Astronaut Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 lunar module pilot, is photographed during mission (1584).
Date 10.14.1968
Apollo 5 Launch
Name of Image Apollo 5 Launch
Date of Image 1968-01-22
Full Description The Saturn IB launch vehicle (SA204) for the Apollo 5 mission lifted off on January 22, 1968. The unmarned Apollo 5 mission verified the ascent and descent stage propulsion systems, including restart and throttle operations of the Lunar Module.
Dr. von Braun and Astronaut …
Name of Image Dr. von Braun and Astronaut Walter Schirra
Date of Image 1968-10-01
Full Description Dr. von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), greets Commander of Apollo 7 mission, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., during the mission briefing at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The Apollo 7 mission, boosted by a Saturn IB launch vehicle on October 11, 1968, was the first flight of the Apollo spacecraft with crew. Other crew members were Astronaut Donn Eisele and Astronaut Walter Cunningham.
Apollo 1 Fire
Title Apollo 1 Fire
Full Description Officially designated Apollo/Saturn 204, but more commonly known as Apollo 1, this close-up view of the interior of the Command Module shows the effects of the intense heat of the flash fire which killed the prime crew during a routine training exercise. While strapped into their seats inside the Command Module atop the giant Saturn V Moon rocket, a faulty electrical switch created a spark which ignited the pure oxygen environment. The speed and intensity of the fire quickly exhausted the oxygen supply inside the crew cabin. Unable to deploy the hatch due to its cumbersome design and lack of breathable oxygen, the crew lost consciousness and perished. They were: astronauts Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, (the second American to fly into space) Edward H. White II, (the first American to "walk" in space) and Roger B. Chaffee, (a "rookie" on his first space mission).
Date 01/28/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Earthrise - Apollo 8
title Earthrise - Apollo 8
date 12.29.1968
description This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 astronauts as they came from behind the Moon after the lunar orbit insertion burn. Earth is about five degrees above the horizon in the photo. The unnamed surface features in the foreground are near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth. The lunar horizon is approximately 780 kilometers from the spacecraft. Width of the photographed area at the horizon is about 175 km (109 miles). On the Earth 386,000 km (240,000 miles) away, the sunset terminator bisects Africa. *Image Credit*: NASA
Apollo 9 Launch
Name of Image Apollo 9 Launch
Date of Image 1968-03-03
Full Description The launch of the Apollo 9 (Saturn V launch vehicle, SA-504), with astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart, took place on March 3, 1968. The Apollo 9 spacecraft, in the lunar mission configuration, was tested in Earth orbit. The mission was designed to rehearse all the steps and reproduce all the events of the Apollo 11 mission with the exception of the lunar touchdown, stay, and liftoff. The command and service modules, and the lunar module were used in flight procedures identical to those that would later take similar vehicles to the Moon, and a landing. The flight mechanics, mission support systems, communications, and recording of data were tested in a final round of verification. Astronauts Scott and Schweickart conducted Extravehicular Activity during this mission.
Apollo 8 crew arrive aboard …
Title Apollo 8 crew arrive aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown
Description The Apollo 8 crew exits the doorway of a recovery helicopter after arriving aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. Left to right, are Astronauts Frank Borman, commander, James A Lovell Jr., command module pilot, and William A. Anders, lunar module pilot. Apollo 8 splashed down at 10:51 a.m., December 27, 1968. (56327), The Apollo 8 crew walks along the Yorktowns deck to ceremony greeting them on their return from their lunar orbit mission (56328).
Date Taken 1968-12-27
Crater Tsiolkovsky
Title Crater Tsiolkovsky
Full Description This is a view of the large crater Tsiolkovsky as photographed by the astronauts during the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission, looking East toward the lunar horizon. Tsiolkovsky is approximately 150 statute miles in diameter. It was first identified and named by the Russians from photographs taken by their unmanned Luna III spacecraft.
Date 12/24/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The Apollo 7 Prime Crew
Title The Apollo 7 Prime Crew
Full Description The prime crew of the first manned Apollo space mission from left to right are: Command Module pilot, Don F. Eisele, Commander, Walter M. Schirra Jr. and Lunar Module pilot, Walter Cunningham. The photograph was taken inside the White Room which is attached to the crew access arm. From here astronauts ingress and egress the spacecraft. Commander Wally Schirra Jr. is seen inside the opening of the Command Module's main hatch.
Date 05/22/1968
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Saturn V S-II (Second) Stage …
Name of Image Saturn V S-II (Second) Stage for Apollo 6 in the Vehicle Assembly Building
Date of Image 1967-01-01
Full Description This photograph shows the Saturn V S-II (second) stage of the Apollo 6 mission being lowered atop of the S-IC (first) stage during the final assembly operations in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 6 mission was the second Saturn V unmanned flight for testing an emergency detection system. The launch occurred on April 4, 1968.
Saturn IB AS-204
Name of Image Saturn IB AS-204
Date of Image 1968-01-01
Full Description AS-204, the fourth Saturn IB launch vehicle, developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), awaits its January 22, 1968 liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida for the unmarned Apollo 5 mission. Primary mission objectives included the verification of the Apollo Lunar Module's (LM) ascent and descent propulsion systems and an evaluation of the S-IVB stage instrument unit performance. In all, nine Saturn IB flights were made, ending with the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in July 1975.
Waving Apollo 8 Astronauts L …
Name of Image Waving Apollo 8 Astronauts Leaving Recovery Helicopter
Date of Image 1968-12-27
Full Description Apollo 8 served as the first manned lunar orbit mission. Liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968, carrying a three man crew consisting of astronauts Frank Borman, commander, William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot, and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot. The three safely returned to Earth on December 27, 1968. In this photograph, the crew members are waving as they leave the recovery helicopter. The mission achieved operational experience and tested the Apollo command module systems, including communications, tracking, and life-support, in cis-lunar space and lunar orbit, and allowed evaluation of crew performance on a lunar orbiting mission. The crew photographed the lunar surface, both far side and near side, obtaining information on topography and landmarks as well as other scientific information necessary for future Apollo landings. All systems operated within allowable parameters and all objectives of the mission were achieved.
Apollo 8 crew arrive aboard …
Title Apollo 8 crew arrive aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown
Description The Apollo 8 crew exits the doorway of a recovery helicopter after arriving aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. Left to right, are Astronauts Frank Borman, commander, James A Lovell Jr., command module pilot, and William A. Anders, lunar module pilot. Apollo 8 splashed down at 10:51 a.m., December 27, 1968. (56327), The Apollo 8 crew walks along the Yorktowns deck to ceremony greeting them on their return from their lunar orbit mission (56328).
Date Taken 1968-12-27
Apollo 6 unmanned space miss …
Title Apollo 6 unmanned space mission launch
Description The Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The liftoff of the Apollo 6 occured at 07:00:01.5, April 4, 1968.
Date Taken 1968-04-04
Launch of the Apollo 7 space …
Title Launch of the Apollo 7 spacecraft
Description The Apollo 7/Saturn IB space vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. October 11, 1968 (48787), Apollo 7 lifts off. Note the tracking antenna on left and pad service structure on right (48788).
Date Taken 1968-10-11
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