Exclusive Photos From NBC Studio 8H: Apollo 8 News Headquarters
The First Moon Mission: Part 3

On the left is NBC reporter Peter Hackes in front of the Apollo 8 capsule mock up, which is incredibly detailed inside and we’ll see that tomorrow. In the center photo, the man at the podium is stage manager Bob Van Ry, one of the origial SNL stage managers and classmate of SNL director Dave Wilson. Like some of SNL’s larger set pieces, this huge command module had to be brought up the freight elevator in pieces and assembled on stage. On the right, we see Frank McGee at this anchor position with Bill Goetz on the crane. The grey haired man under the camera in the brown jacket is stage manager Ed Pendergast and the balding man in the brown suit is Ed Voss, a top notch audio guy. Thanks to two 35 year NBC vets for their help on this…Bob Batche for the great photos and his friend Joel Spector for putting names with the faces.

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