File:Practice command module is hoisted aboard USS Yorktown (CVS-10) 1968.jpg

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Description The crew of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CVS-10) pulls a practice command module on the aircraft elevator, in December 1968. The crew was training for the recovery of Apollo 8, which landed on 27 December 1968.
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) 1968-69 cruise book available at Navysite.de
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current19:36, 16 August 2013Thumbnail for version as of 19:36, 16 August 2013828 × 463 (380 KB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=The crew of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS ''Yorktown'' (CVS-10) pulls a practice command module on the aircraft elevator, in December 1968. The crew was training for the recovery of Apollo 8, which...