NASA Photo ID: S68-49397 File Name: 10074928.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 10/09/68
Title: Apollo 8 prime crew in foreground as spacecraft leaves VAB on way to pad
Description:
The Apollo 8 prime crew stand in the foreground as the Apollo 8 (Spacecraft
103/Saturn 503) spacecraft leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on
way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch
tower are atop a crawler-transporter. The Apollo 8 crew consists of (left
to right) Astronauts Frank Borman, commander; James A. Lovell Jr., command
module pilot; and William A. Anders, lunar module pilot.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 8
APOLLO PROJECT
APOLLO SPACECRAFT
ASTRONAUTS
FACILITIES
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS
SATURN LAUNCH VEHICLES
TRANSPORT VEHICLES
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