Apollo 8 Recovery
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 human 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.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S68-56344
Date: December 27, 1968
Apollo 8 Recovery
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 human 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.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S68-56344
Date: December 27, 1968