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Well at least a replica. And yes this one is flight worthy.
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It was wonderful to see the Apollo 8 command module in the museum. It was built just a mile or so from the house I grew up in. No wonder I was a space nut!
13-10-2019: Volleybal: Apollo8 v Eurosped: Borne
Eredivisie volleybal
[L-R] Rianne Vos , .Tess de Vries , Ilona ter Avest , Kim Klein Lankhorst of Apollo8
It got all the glory, I much preferred the Hurricane or the Typhoon.
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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.
On August 3, Mike and I visited the Bullock Texas State History Museum (1800 Congress Ave.) to see The 1968 Exhibit, which stopped in Austin during its national tour. Among the many intriguing displays was a full-size replica of the Apollo 8 space capsule. Here, Mike checks out the capsule and some original footage of the rocket launch...