VINTAGE: APOLLO MISSION 8 LUNAR ORBIT CHART - LDate12/27/1968 1st edition

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VINTAGE NASA APOLLO 8 – Lunar Orbit Chart (ALO) - Lithograph NASA 1st Edition, 4 December 1968
Based on
Apollo 8 targeted Launch Date, 27 December 1968
(actual Launch Dec. 21 and lunar orbit Dec. 24-25) The Lithograph was prepared by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (ACIC-12-68), USAF, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Chart measures 40 in by 12 in.
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Chart shows lunar ground track for lunar orbits (trajectory) for the Command Service Module for revolutions 1, and 10.
In good condition with wear due to use and age, chart has been stored rolled for 50 years, has yellowing, slight waves from being rolled, some edges are bent, and a few mice nibbles near title. This is a great opportunity to own an incredible piece of history.
Background of Apollo 8:
Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit, and also the first human spaceflight to reach another astronomical object, namely the Moon, which the crew orbited without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth. The three astronaut were Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders.
**** All my vintage space exploration charts/studies/manuals/internal memos/etc are 100% authentic 1960's - straight from my family collection of J.T. Raleigh NASA/ Headquarters engineer. All items have been boxed for many years. JTR worked with NASA Headquarters and Contractor teams at Bellcom, Washington DC; Mission Control, Houston Texas; George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville AL; Goddard, Greenbelt MD; RCA, Cape Kennedy. He worked on the communications of ALL the Apollo Missions, including on the design of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) Communications Panel, the Lunar Communications Relay Unit (LCRU), VHF Ranging Equipment, and the Unified S-band (USB) system which is the tracking and communication system developed for the Apollo program by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
It is hard to list who and where JTR met people: Werner Von Brown, Gene Kranz, Roger Chaffee, Buzz Aldrin, Chris Craft, etc. As I work through the documents that are from his involvement, many have meeting attendee lists and distribution lists that show astronaut and headquarter (ground crew) personnel. Growing up I did not understand the scope of all trips, projects, meetings, launches, & people that we experienced as a family. Mom and myself met many individuals involved with the Apollo missions, and even were present for the launches of Apollo 8, 10, 11, and 15.
Check back as things are listed slowly as I work through these a few a week. ****