- Apollo 8 - Wikipedia
Apollo 8's successful mission paved the way for Apollo 10 and, with Apollo 11 in July 1969, the fulfillment of U S president John F Kennedy 's goal of landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade
- Apollo 8 - NASA
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 - National Air and Space Museum
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
- Reaching For The Moon: A Journey Of Triumph And Tragedy
Apollo 7 would be able to successfully test the new Apollo spacecraft while orbiting the earth Then, a few months later, on Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Jim Lovell, Frank Borman and William Anders became the first humans to orbit the moon
- Apollo 8 - The Planetary Society
Despite the noise, the crew reported a smooth flight, and just twelve minutes later, Apollo 8 was safely orbiting the Earth During the second orbit, the rocket’s third stage ignited again, blasting humans out of Earth orbit and on to the Moon for the very first time
- Missions - Apollo 8 Mission - Lunar
The crew began training for a possible lunar mission in August 1968, but the final decision to fly to the Moon was not made until November 12, less than six weeks before launch
- Apollo 8 - Encyclopedia Astronautica
First manned flight to lunar orbit Speed (10,807 m s) and altitude (378,504 km) records Mission resulted from audacious decision to send crew around moon to beat Soviets on only second manned Apollo CSM mission and third Saturn V launch Launched: 1968-12-21 Returned: 1968-12-27 Number crew: 3 Duration: 6 13 days Location: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL Apollo 8 (AS-503
- Apollo 8: The first manned mission to orbit the Moon.
In December 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission marked a historic moment in space exploration as the first manned mission to orbit the Moon It was a pivotal step in the United States’ ambitious effort to land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade, as outlined by President John F Kennedy
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