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Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968, and was the second crewed spaceflight mission flown in the United States Apollo space program (the first, Apollo 7, stayed in Earth orbit). Apollo 8 was the third flight and the first crewed launch of the Saturn V rocket.
18 wrz 2018 · In 1968, NASA's Apollo 8 mission carried the first crew beyond low Earth orbit and toward the moon, an important turning point in humanity's exploration of space.
8 lip 2009 · Mission Highlights. 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.
Apollo 8 – druga załogowa misja kierowana przez amerykańską agencję kosmiczną NASA w ramach programu Apollo. Apollo 8 było pierwszą misją, która wyniosła ludzi poza orbitę okołoziemską. Pierwsza misja w historii, podczas której człowiek okrążył Księżyc.
11 lip 2024 · 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, 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.
19 gru 2018 · The launch of the Apollo 8 space vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center at 7:51 a.m. (EST), Dec. 21, 1968, was the beginning of the historic journey to orbit the Moon and return.
