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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973-
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AS08-14-2384 - Apollo 8 - Apollo 8 Mission image, Earth over the horizon of the moon
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Description: Apollo 8,the rising Earth is about five degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft near 110 degrees east longitude. The horizon,about 570 kilometers (350 statute miles) from the spacecraft,is near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from the Earth. Width of the view at the horizon is about 150 kilometers (95 statute miles). On the Earth 240,000 statute miles away the sunset terminator crosses Africa. The crew took the photo around 10:40 a.m. Houston time on the morning of December 24,and that would make it 15:40 GMT on the same day. The South Pole is in the white area near the left end of the terminator. North and South America are under the clouds. Camera Tilt Mode: High Oblique. Direction: West. Sun Angle: Near SSP Original Film Magazine was labeled B. Camera Data: 70mm Hasselblad. F-Stop: F-5.6;Shutter Speed 1/250; Lens: 250mm. Film Type: Kodak SO-368 Color ASA 64. Flight Date: December 21-27,1968.

Subject Terms: Apollo 8 Flight, Lunar Photography, Craters

Categories: Lunar Observations

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Date 1967 – 1972
institution QS:P195,Q518155
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 16670354.

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  • Record group: Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (National Archives Identifier: 582)
  • Series: Photographs of the Apollo Space Program (National Archives Identifier: 12000210)
  • File unit: Apollo 8 - AS08-12-2044 through AS08-18-2908 (National Archives Identifier: 16643659)
  • 255-AMP-AS08-14-2384
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The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo 8,the rising Earth is about five degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft near 110 degrees east longitude. The horizon,about 570 kilometers (350 statute miles) from the spacecraft,is near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from the Earth. Width of the view at the horizon is about 150 kilometers (95 statute miles). On the Earth 240,000 statute miles away the sunset terminator crosses Africa. The crew took the photo around 10:40 a.m. Houston time on the morning of December 24,and that would make it 15:40 GMT on the same day. The South Pole is in the white area near the left end of the terminator. North and South America are under the clouds. Camera Tilt Mode: High Oblique. Direction: West. Sun Angle: Near SSP Original Film Magazine was labeled B. Camera Data: 70mm Hasselblad. F-Stop: F-5.6;Shutter Speed 1/250; Lens: 250mm. Film Type: Kodak SO-368 Color ASA 64. Flight Date: December 21-27,1968. Subject Terms: Apollo 8 Flight, Lunar Photography, Craters Categories: Lunar Observations Original: Film - 70MM CT Interior_Exterior: Exterior Ground_Orbit: On-orbit (English)

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