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Apollo 8 - Wikipedia
26 Mar 2024 at 1:10pm
Apollo 8 (December 21?27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth.

Apollo 8 - NASA
26 Mar 2024 at 9:00am
Watch on. On December 21, 1968, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them ?Round the moon and back.?. The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service module and was the first crewed launch of the Saturn V rocket.

Apollo 8: Everything you need to know | Space
25 Mar 2024 at 10:05am
Apollo 8 blasted off atop a Saturn V rocket from launchpad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 21, 1968, carrying astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr. and William Anders into a...

Apollo 8 | National Air and Space Museum
26 Mar 2024 at 6:44am
Apollo 8, which launched on December 21, 1968, was the first mission to take humans to the Moon and back. While the crew did not land on the Moon's surface, the flight was an important prelude to a lunar landing, testing the flight trajectory and operations getting there and back.

Apollo 8: Mission Details - NASA
24 Mar 2024 at 3:14pm
Apollo 8 launched from Cape Kennedy on Dec. 21, 1968, placing astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr. and William Anders into a 114 by 118 mile parking orbit at 32.6 degrees. During the second revolution, at two hours, 50 minutes ground elapsed time, the S-IVB third stage restarted for a five-minute, 17-second burn, initiating translunar coast.

Apollo 8: Christmas at the Moon - NASA
26 Mar 2024 at 8:10am
Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts held a live broadcast from lunar orbit, during which they showed pictures of the Earth and moon as seen from their spacecraft. Credit: NASA.

Apollo 8 | The Planetary Society
26 Mar 2024 at 10:11am
Apollo 8. The first human visit to lunar orbit. With Apollo 8, humans broke free of Earth orbit for the first time. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders became the first humans in space to lose sight of their home world and gaze upon the lunar farside.

How Apollo 8 Delivered Christmas Eve Peace and Understanding to the ...
26 Mar 2024 at 7:05am
On December 21, 1968, Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center at 7:51 a.m. EST with Frank Borman in command. His crew became the first humans to ride the mighty Saturn V rocket, breaking the...

The historic flight of Apollo 8 - Astronomy Magazine
24 Mar 2024 at 6:56pm
A camera aboard a U.S. Air Force plane captured the fiery re-entry of Apollo 8, as the first manned mission to the Moon plummeted through Earth?s atmosphere December 27, 1968.

Apollo 8's Iconic Earthrise - Science@NASA
24 Mar 2024 at 1:05pm
Original. Sep 9, 2023. jpg (482.79 KB) Highest-Resolution. Sep 27, 2023. jpg (1.80 MB) Taken aboard Apollo 8 by Bill Anders, this iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon.



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