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Bill Anders' famous photo of Earthrise on Lunar Orbit 4.

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Hamish Lindsay took this photo at Honeysuckle Creek, around 9:00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, Christmas Eve 1968 – as Honeysuckle and its Wing, HSK-X at Tidbinbilla, tracked Apollo 8 on its first Lunar Orbit.

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1. Apollo 8 departs Kennedy Space Center, 21 December 1968.
NASA image S68-56050.

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2. Honeysuckle Creek’s Dutchy Holland, Ron Hicks and Clive Cross celebrate that Apollo 8 is GO for Trans Lunar Injection.
Photo courtesy Ron Hicks.

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3. At the Madrid Apollo Station, Dave Pollard, Dan Hock and Ted Altman man the TV Scan Converter. Photo from Goddard News, 13 January 1969.

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4. Honeysuckle’s Station Director Tom Reid and Ops Supervisor Ken Lee, at the Ops Console, post-pass, at 2:58am local time, Christmas morning 1968.
Photo by Goddard Public Affairs Officer Don Witten.

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5. At Goldstone, a TV monitor, telemetry tape and Christmas card under the tree. Photo from Goddard News, 13 January 1969.

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6. The triumphant Apollo 8 crew on the Yorktown after their fiery return.
NASA image 68-HC-883.

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Orroral Valley’s Ted Barnes took this photo of Honeysuckle Creek from the water tank, possibly in late 1969.