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December 24, 1968
THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 24, 1968
* Apollo 8 human spaceflight
* 1st manned spacecraft to leave Earth orbit
* 1st to reach the Moon (day of)
* James Lovell - Frank Borman - William Anders
The front page has a four column headline: "APOLLO IN MOON'S GRAVITY FIELD ON COURSE FOR ORBIT TODAY; CREW SENDS PICTURES OF EARTH" with subheads and photo. (see) More inside. Lengthy text.
Complete in 48 pages, light foxing at central fold, generally nice.
wikipedia: Apollo 8, the second human spaceflight mission in the United States Apollo space program, was launched on December 21, 1968, and became the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, reach the Earth's Moon, orbit it and return safely to Earth. The three-astronaut crew — Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders — became the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit, the first to see Earth as a whole planet, the first to directly see the far side of the Moon, and then the first to witness Earthrise.
Category: The 20th Century
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