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Apollo Astronaut Bill Anders Visits Hubble Control Center

On April 25, 2012, Apollo 8 astronaut William (Bill) Anders visited the Space Telescope Operations Control Center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders (middle row, center) poses with members of the Hubble operations team outside the Space Telescope...
Astronaut Bill Anders stands in the center of a group of 35 people in 3 rows, standing in front of a 1/5 scale model of Hubble.
Hubble Deputy Project Manager Jim Jeletic (left) talks to Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders (right) about a scale model of...
Jim Jeletic and Bill Anders stand to the right side of the photo, with Jeletic (on the left) talking to Anders (on the right). On the left side of the image is the Hubble model.
Hubble Deputy Project Manager Jim Jeletic (left) talks to Bill Anders (right), Apollo 8 lunar module pilot, about a scale...
Jim Jeletic and Bill Anders stand to the right side of the photo, with Jeletic (on the left) talking to Anders (on the right). On the left side of the image is the Hubble model. In the background, through clear glass window's, it's a sunny day with a parking lot, green grass, and lots of trees.
Hubble Deputy Project Manager Jim Jeletic (right) talks to Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders (left) about a Hubble image of...
Jim Jeletic, right, explains an image of the Cat's Eye Nebula (while gesturing to it with one hand) to Bill Anders, left.
Hubble Deputy Project Manager Jim Jeletic (left) talks to Apollo 8 lunar module pilot Bill Anders (right) about the Mission...
Jim Jeletic, left, and Bill Anders, right, face away from the camera through the glass window into the Mission Operations Room. In the room, three people can be seen sitting in front of rows of computers.
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders (right) asks Hubble Deputy Project Manager Jim Jeletic (left) a question about a Hubble image...
Bill Anders, right, points to a framed picture of Mystic Mountain while asking Jim Jeletic, left, a question.
Hubble Deputy Project Manager Jim Jeletic (left) conducts a tour for Apollo astronaut Bill Anders (right) and astrogeologist Jim Rice...
Jim Rice and Bill Anders stand near the Hubble tool cases, facing towards the camera, on the left and right, respectively. Jim Jeletic stands closer to the camera, facing towards them and talking. Behind them, a Hubble display case is visible, along with a wall photo of Hubble over the Earth.
Hubble Deputy Project Manager Jim Jeletic (center) talks to Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders (right) and astrogeologist Jim Rice (left)...
Bill Anders, Jim Jeletic, and Jim Rice stand in a line on the right side, with Anders closest to the camera, Jeletic in the middle speaking to him, and Rice on the end. They are looking at the astronaut tool case, which is on the left-hand side in the foreground.
Hubble Deputy Project Manager Jim Jeletic (right) talks to Apollo 8 lunar module pilot Bill Anders (left) about a Hubble...
Jim Jeletic, center, points to a framed picture of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field while explaining it to Bill Anders, left.
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders (middle row, center) poses with members of the Hubble operations team outside the Space Telescope...
Astronaut Bill Anders stands in the center of a group of 35 people in 3 rows, standing in front of a 1/5 scale model of Hubble.