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   Photo ID:

   AS08-16-2583   


   Program:

   Apollo   


   Mission:

   Apollo VIII


   Date Taken:

   1968-12-21


   Film Type:

   70mm

Title:
View of the Saturn V third stage from which the Apollo 8 has separated
Description:
Photograph taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking back at the Saturn V thir (S-IVB) stage from which the spacecraft had just separated following translunar injection. Attached to the S-IVB is the Lunar Module Test Article (LTA) which simulated the mass of a Lunar Module on the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. Sunlight reflected from small particles shows the "firefly" phenomenon which was reported during first earth orbital flight of Mercury program.
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