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Apollo 8 Astronauts Ferry Toward Moon Flight
CAPE KENNEDY FLAP AP For America's Apollo 8 crew the holidays take a back seat as Col Frank Borman Navy Capt James Lovell Jr and Maj William Anders prepare to orbit the moon in a pioneering Saturn 5 mission launch set for December 21 The trio will circle the moon ten times to test navigation cameras and trajectory while family celebrations occur in Houston The liftoff follows a dramatic countdown and a long ascent to a 115 mile high earth orbit before the spacecraft heads toward lunar gravity and a high lunar orbit amid plans to return safely to the Pacific Ocean.
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