Former Astronaut William A. AndersS68-55997 (21 Dec. 1968) --- Apollo 8 Command Module Pilot James Lovell waves to well-wishers during the pre-dawn departure to...S69-15732 (27 Dec. 1968) --- A U.S. Navy frogman team participates in the Apollo 8 recovery operations. The Apollo crew,...S66-52157 (12 Sept. 1966) --- Discussing the Gemini-11 spaceflight in the Mission Control Center are: (left to right) Christopher C....In December of 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel...View of the Apollo 8 primary and backup crew portrait with the spacecraft at night in the background. Back row:...During the Apollo 15 pre-launch activity in the launch control center's firing room 1 at Kennedy Space Center, the then...The S-IC stage being erected for the final assembly of the Saturn V launch vehicle for the Apollo 8 mission...S68-56001 (21 Dec. 1968) --- The Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex...S68-53194 (1 Nov. 1968) --- The Apollo 8 prime crew inside the centrifuge gondola in Building 29 during centrifuge training...S68-55815 (24 Dec. 1968) --- This is how the surface of the moon looked from an altitude of approximately 60...The third Saturn V launch vehicle (SA-503) for the Apollo 8 mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the...S63-18765 (October 1963) --- These fourteen pilots have been assigned to begin training for astronaut positions with the National Aeronautics...S68-53187 (1 Nov. 1968) --- The prime crew of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission stands beside the gondola in...The S-IC stage being erected for the final assembly of the Saturn V launch vehicle for the Apollo 8 mission...S68-54520 (13 Nov. 1968) --- The Apollo 8 prime crew is seen inside a simulator at the Kennedy Space Center...S68-52941 (25 Oct. 1968) --- The Apollo 8 prime crew is seen inside Apollo Boilerplate 1102A during water egress training...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The 363-foot-high Apollo Saturn V space vehicle dwarfs the Apollo 8 Astronauts Frank Borman, James...S66-47857 (11 Aug. 1966) --- Astronaut William A. Anders, backup crew pilot of the Gemini-11 spaceflight, participates in extravehicular activity...Apollo 8 astronaut William A. Anders, lunar module pilot, steps out of the centrifuge gondola in bldg 29 during centrifuge...S67-50585 (1967) --- This is an intentional double exposure showing the Apollo Mission Simulator in the Mission Simulation and Training...