From Lunar Orbit to Hangar Bay 3: Apollo 8’s story told aboard the Yorktown

Apollo 8’s lunar mission ended aboard USS Yorktown. A new Patriots Point exhibit reveals how the carrier recovered the astronauts after their splashdown.
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ON THIS DAY: USS Yorktown aids in recovery of the Apollo 8 mission

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – The USS Yorktown aided in recovery efforts for the first crewed spacecraft to successfully orbit the moon when it returned to Earth on December 27, 1968. Apollo 8 ...
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Inside 'Earthrise': A historian's take on the origins of the Apollo 8 'image of the century'

The recent death of Frank Borman, commander of Nasa’s Apollo 8 mission in 1968, has focused attention on that incredible first voyage to the Moon. It took place eight months before Apollo 11, where ...