Apollo 8 in Photographs : The Apollo Photo Archive

Schiffer Publishing Ltd

An unprecedented photographic study of the Apollo 8 mission, the first manned spaceflight to escape Earth's gravity and orbit the moon.\n The Apollo Photo Archive series comprises the most comprehensive pictorial record of America\u2019s moon-landing program ever published.\n The series continues with the Apollo 8 launch in December 1968. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders achieved several historic firsts on this flight. Apollo 8 was the first manned flight to escape Earth\u2019s gravity, and the first to orbit another celestial body (the moon). Launched by the Saturn V rocket, the crew of Apollo 8 reached 24,593 mph, setting both manned speed and distance-from-Earth records.\n The Apollo Photo Archive features images of spacecraft and rocket assembly, crew selection and training, preflight\n\nApollo 8 in Photographs\nThe Apollo Photo Archive\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease n;