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
This collection consists a memo and correspondence relating to the Apollo 8 broadcast as well as notes relating to various astronaut post-flight tours.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of the following: a memo to Hew Ryan, Deputy Director at the United States Information Agency (USIA), explaining how Simon Bourgin came to be the cocreator of the idea that the Apollo 8 crew read from the book of Genesis from the dark side of the moon; two letters Bourgin wrote Frank Frederick Borman, II on what he might say during that broadcast; notes on the Apollo 11 crew's world tour after their flight; and notes made from the East Asia tour of Borman and Walter Marty "Wally" Schirra, Jr. after the Gemini missions.
Arrangement:
No arrangment
Biographical / Historical:
Simon Bourgin was a Science Policy Officer at the United States Information Agency (USIA) during the late 1960s and early 1970s. During that time, Bourgin was the liaison with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and in this capacity he was in charge of NASA's information overseas. Bourgin was also the political escort for the astronauts on the foreign tours they made upon returning from space.
Provenance:
Simon Bourgin, Gift, 1995, NASM.1995.0025
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.
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
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