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Apollo 8 Reentry

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.

 

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Image Number: S69-15592

Date: December 27, 1968

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Uploaded on December 27, 2023
Taken on December 27, 1968