FREE: FIRST FLIGHT AROUND THE MOON APOLLO 8 * 3 1/2" PIN RARE 46 YEAR OLD PIN

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Historic original pinback button commemorating the Apollo VIII six day mission to the Moon.

Measures 3 1/2" in diameter and shows a photo of the three astronauts, William A. Anders, James A Lovell and Frank Borman, each with their name on their picture. In red print it reads, "Apollo VIII - Man's first flight around the moon December 21 - 27, 1968." Around the border it reads, "Greatest voyage since Columbus."

Apollo 8 was the second human flight in the program and the first human lunar orbit mission. It was the first manned flight using a Saturn V launch vehicle.

Astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr. and William A. Anders became the first humans to see the far side of the Moon.