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Creator:
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration  Search this
Names:
Anders, William A.  Search this
Borman, Frank, 1928-2023  Search this
Lovell, Jim  Search this
Extent:
.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Audiotapes
Cd-roms
Date:
bulk 1968
Scope and Contents:
This is a NASA recording on a reel-to-reel audio tape, made during the Apollo 8 mission, December 1968. This collection also consists of a CD that was made by NASM when the tape was delivered to Space History for Johnson Space Center (JSC).
Biographical / Historical:
The Apollo program began as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ten-year plan from 1959, which planned for lunar exploration some time in the 1970s. Following President Kennedy's speech of 25 May 1961, which called for a lunar landing by the end of 1969, NASA accelerated its development scheme accordingly. Apollo 8 (21 Dec - 27 Dec 1968) was the second manned flight of the program, the first manned flight of the Saturn V booster, and the first manned mission to orbit the moon. The main mission objectives were to "demonstrate crew-vehicle-support facilities performance during a manned Saturn V mission with [Command Service Module]" and to "demonstrate performance of nominal and selected backup lunar orbit rendezvous mission activities." The three-man crew, Frank Borman (commander), James A. Lovell (command module pilot), and William A. Anders (lunar module pilot) accomplished all these objectives and returned safely to Earth.
Provenance:
Department of Space History, National Air and Space Museum, Transfer, 2011
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Astronautics  Search this
Manned space flight  Search this
Genre/Form:
Audiotapes
CD-ROMs
Citation:
Apollo 8 Audio Recording, Accession 2011-0035, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2011.0035
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg28b5f3138-246c-4b56-8a90-346bd8731a79
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2011-0035