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Bringing a bright ending to a crummy year, Apollo 8 safely splashed down #OTD in 1968, ending the 1st crewed spaceflight to orbit the Moon. The Apollo 8 astronauts shown here on the deck of the USS Yorktown are (left to right) Frank Borman, Bill Anders, and Jim Lovell.
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