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APOLLO 8 FLOWN MANEUVER CARD, SIGNED BY FRANK BORMAN & JAMES LOVELL WITH APOLLO 8 STAMP SIGNED BY WILLIAM ANDERS

20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
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APOLLO 8 FLOWN MANEUVER CARD, SIGNED BY FRANK BORMAN & JAMES LOVELL WITH APOLLO 8 STAMP SIGNED BY WILLIAM ANDERS

FLOWN blank 5 x 8 inch Apollo 8 "Maneuver" card dated Nov 26, 1968.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED: "FLOWN ON APOLLO 8, JAMES LOVELL" and "FRANK BORMAN. APOLLO 8 CDR".
WITH: Apollo 8 "Earthrise" stamp, SIGNED: "[WILLIAM A] ANDERS."

Apollo 8 became the first manned space flight to leave Earth's atmosphere. Entering lunar orbit on Christmas eve, December 24th, 1968, Mission Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders did a live broadcast, showing pictures of the Earth and the Moon. The broadcast was finished with the crew members each reading in turn passages from the book of Genesis. The Apollo 8 "Earthrise" stamp bears the quote "In the beginning God..." in reference to this reading.

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