Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)
Apollo 8 was the second manned mission of the Apollo space program, in which Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first humans to leave Earth orbit and to orbit around the Moon. It was also the first manned launch of the Saturn V rocket.
NASA prepared for the mission in only four months. The hardware involved had only been used a few times¿the Saturn V had launched only twice before, and the Apollo spacecraft had only just finished its first manned mission, Apollo 7. However, the success of the mission paved the way for the successful completion of John F. Kennedy's goal of landing on the Moon before the end of the decade.
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2018-12-14 03:12:25 pm |
Dina Herbert |
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2018-02-21 01:02:44 pm |
Dina Herbert |
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User published constellation |
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2017-07-20 10:07:27 am |
Dina Herbert |
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User published constellation |
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2016-08-13 10:08:03 am |
System Service |
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2016-08-13 10:08:03 am |
System Service |
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Initial ingest from EAC-CPF |
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