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47 years ago
Christmas Eve, and a leap year - 1968
Apollo 8, with astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell,
and William Anders,
orbited the moon for the first time.
Note that regular postage was only 6 cents!
OMEGA – SPEEDMASTER Moonwatch Chronograph "Dark Side of the Moon" Apollo 8 Black Ceramic Limited Edition
This is the actual Apollo 8 capsule that the Yorktown fished out of the water after splashdown in 1968. The button console you see in front contains actual recordings made in flight and on the moon.
Ever the ham, George decided he wanted in on this one so I told him to go right ahead!
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999 is a 4-4-0 steam locomotive built for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1893, which was intended to haul the road's Empire State Express train service. It is claimed that in 1893 No. 999 was the first in the world to travel over 100 mph, although the probable maximum speed was 81 mph.
Sony a6000 + Sony E PZ 16-50mm 1:3.5-5.6 OSS
I just bought some NASA slides from 1968 with photos of the Apollo 8 Mission. Amazing. :)
probably kodachromes.
The model used to display how the U-505 would be displayed after it moved in from being displayed outside the museum.
Sony a6000 + Sony E PZ 16-50mm 1:3.5-5.6 OSS
OMEGA – SPEEDMASTER Moonwatch Chronograph "Dark Side of the Moon" Apollo 8 Black Ceramic Limited Edition
OMEGA – SPEEDMASTER Moonwatch Chronograph "Dark Side of the Moon" Apollo 8 Black Ceramic Limited Edition
Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum
USS Yorktown (CV-10) Aircraft Carrier
Replicas of the Mercury "Friendship 7" Capsule and the Apollo Command Module were built by the Robert Bosch Apprentice Program. The Robert Bosch Corporation is located in Charleston, South Carolina, is a world class manufacturer of automotive fuel injection, anti-lock braking, and diesel fuel injection systems.
Mercury "Friendship 7" was built in 1997 by Apprentice Team 18.
Apollo Command Module was built in 2001 by Apprentice Team 22.
13-10-2019: Volleybal: Apollo8 v Eurosped: Borne
Eredivisie volleybal
Eurosped verslaat Apollo8 met 1-3
45 years ago this week, Bill Anders snapped this first photo of Earth taken by humans.
As Apollo 8 entered lunar orbit and they came around from the farside, this was their view. Through a bold decision by NASA to beat the Russians to the Moon, Bill Anders, Jim Lovell and Frank Borman were the first humans to orbit the Moon. It was such a momentous and emotional event, during a time of chaos in U.S. society, they were moved to recite from "Genesis". Perhaps the greatest Christmas present given to mankind, watching that live on Dec. 24.
Recently data was compiled from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and re-created the view as they would have seen it.
Merry Christmas ! www.space.com/15384-famous-earth-rise-moon-created-orbite...
A letter dated December 31 1968 sent from Canberra with a Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station Apollo 8 label on it along with a "Man on the Moon" label.
Edited NASA image of the Apollo 8 crew training in a centrifuge. Colorized via colorize-it.com.
Original caption: S68-53283 (1 Nov. 1968) --- The Apollo 8 prime crew is seen inside the gondola during centrifuge training in MSC's Flight Acceleration Facility, Building 29. Left to right, are astronauts William A. Anders, lunar module pilot, James A. Lovell Jr., command module pilot; and Frank Borman, commander.
Photo credit: NASA