NASA Photo ID: S68-55997 File Name: 10074949.jpg
Film Type: 120mm BW Date Taken: 12/21/68
Title: Apollo 8 crew leaves Manned Spacecraft Operations Bldg during countdown
Description:
The Apollo 8 crew leaves the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft
Operations Bldg during the Apollo 8 prelaunch countdown. Astronaut Frank
Borman, commander, leads followed by Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (waving
to well-wishers), command module pilot; and William A. Anders, lunar module
pilot. The crew is about to enter the special transfer van which
transported them to Pad A, Launch Complex 39.
Subject terms:
APOLLO 8
APOLLO PROJECT
ASTRONAUTS
COUNTDOWN
CREW PROCEDURES (PREFLIGHT)
FACILITIES
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
LAUNCHING SITES
PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS
TRANSPORT VEHICLES
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