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Technicians suit up Apollo 8 astronauts
From front to back: Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders, prior to their planned lunar orbital mission, which began at 7:51 a.m., EST, December 21, 1968, when they were launched aboard a 363-foot-high Saturn V space vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. Apollo 8 marks the first manned launch of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Saturn V rocket. (Source: www.schicklerart.com)
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