NASA Photo ID: S69-15592           File Name: 10074989.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 12/27/68
Title: Apollo 8 reentry photograph
Description:
This Apollo 8 reentry photograph was taken by U.S. Air Force ALOTS
(Airborne  Lightweight Optical Tracking System) camera mounted on a
KC-135-A 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.                 
Subject terms:
APOLLO 8                                
APOLLO PROJECT                          
APOLLO SPACECRAFT                       
CAMERAS                                 
COMMAND MODULES                         
OPTICAL TRACKING                        
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT                  
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
REENTRY                                 
SYSTEMS                                 

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