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Apollo-8 Frank Borman
Apollo-8 Frank Borman
Acquired from Don Willis-Lunar Legacies
Date acquired 1st March 2018
Date acquired 1st March 2018
Collection # -TSMAM2
Collection # -TSMAM2
Frank was the commander of the mission that sent him and his crew to loop around the moon and return to earth. It was a very bold and risky undertaking as it was the first-time humans had ridden the Saturn V launch vehicle, which on its previous unmanned flight was plagued with problems. It was decided to attempt this because the Lunar Module was late being delivered, and the program needed impetus to keep it on schedule. If they had waited for the lunar module to be flight ready there would have been a gap of five months between flights, as it was Apollo 8 launched two months after Apollo 7.
Frank was the commander of the mission that sent him and his crew to loop around the moon and return to earth. It was a very bold and risky undertaking as it was the first-time humans had ridden the Saturn V launch vehicle, which on its previous unmanned flight was plagued with problems. It was decided to attempt this because the Lunar Module was late being delivered, and the program needed impetus to keep it on schedule. If they had waited for the lunar module to be flight ready there would have been a gap of five months between flights, as it was Apollo 8 launched two months after Apollo 7.
The image shows the three crew members suited up, standing on an access platform near to a Saturn V.
The image shows the three crew members suited up, standing on an access platform near to a Saturn V.
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