IMAGE 400_499\440.Lbm,Emblem for Apollo 8, December 1968: Borman, Lovell and Anders. The first circumnavigation of the Moon.
IMAGE 500_599\563.Lbm,The flight plan for Apollo 8, the trailblazing mission to the Moon, carrying Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders.
IMAGE 1400_99\459.Lbm,The Apollo 8 crew train inside the Apollo spacecraft simulator at the Kennedy Space Center a month before lift-off. They are, from the left: William Anders, James Lovell and Frank Borman.
IMAGE 1400_99\460.Lbm,The Apollo 8/Saturn V launch vehicle making its way to the launch pad, heading for a December 1968 lift-off.
IMAGE 800_899\801.Lbm,Apollo 8 on the launch pad in December 1968, in a pre launch operations check a few days before lift-off.
IMAGE 1400_99\461.Lbm,Apollo 7 mission commander Frank Borman suiting up for flight simulations during training.
IMAGE 0_99\74.Lbm,The mighty Saturn V powers the Apollo 8 astronauts on the first stage of their exciting journey to the Moon on December 21, 1968.
IMAGE 300_399\325.Lbm,The Apollo 8 crew were the first human beings to see the Earth hanging in the lunar sky.
IMAGE 1400_99\462.Lbm,The Apollo 8 crew look back at the third stage of the Saturn V, which has just powered them into a trajectory that will carry them to the Moon.
IMAGE 1400_99\463.Lbm,A still from a movie made of activity aboard Apollo 8 on the way to the Moon. The astronaut is Frank Borman.
IMAGE 1400_99\464.Lbm,After entering lunar orbit, the Apollo 8 crew witness for the first time the breathtaking sight of the Earth rising above the lunar horizon.
IMAGE 1400_99\465.Lbm,The Earth hangs in the Moon sky, one of the dramatic pictures snapped by Apollo 8.
IMAGE 1400_99\466.Lbm,Artist's impression of the three Apollo 8 astronauts returning to Earth. They will hit the atmosphere travelling at a speed approaching 40,000 km/h.
IMAGE 1400_99\467.Lbm,Apollo 8 re-enters the atmosphere, its heat shield blazing, on December 27, 1968.
IMAGE 1400_99\468.Lbm,The Apollo 8 command module after splashdown in the Pacific, back on Earth after the first ever trip to the Moon and back.
IMAGE 800_899\802.Lbm,After splashdown, the Apollo 8 command module, with flotation collar still attached, is hoisted aboard the recovery ship USS Yorktown.
IMAGE 1400_99\469.Lbm,The triumphant Apollo 8 crew aboard the recovery ship USS 'Yorktown' after their historic journey into space.
IMAGE 100_199\167.Lbm,The three Apollo 8 lunar trailblazers speak to US President Johnson on December 27, 1968, after circumnavigating the Moon. they are (from the left): William Anders, Frank Borman and James Lovell.
IMAGE 1900_99\960.Lbm,Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman addresses Congress in January 1969, shortly after his crew's pioneering mission to the Moon and back.
