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English: A North American Rockwell Corporation artist's concept depicting the Apollo Command Module (CM), oriented in a blunt-end-forward attitude, re-entering Earth's atmosphere after returning from a lunar landing mission. Note the change in color caused by the extremely high temperatures encountered upon re-entry.
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Source https://images.nasa.gov/details-S68-55292 ; original from http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo8/html/s68-55292.html
Author North American Rockwell
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