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'''Apollo 8''' was the second sucessful manned flight of [[Project Apollo]], the manned moon missions, and was an important proof of the concepts needed for the later [[Apollo 11]], as it was the first flight of the Saturn V rocket. Apollo 8 was crewed by [[Frank Borman]], the Commander; [[Jim Lovell]], the Command Module Pilot and [[William Anders]], Command Module Pilot became the first humans to orbit around the [[Moon]].
'''Apollo 8''' was the second successful manned flight of [[Project Apollo]], the manned moon missions, and was an important proof of the technology and techniques needed for the later [[Apollo 11]], being the first flight of the Saturn V rocket on a manned mission and the first manned circumlunar flight. Apollo 8 was crewed by [[Frank Borman]], the Commander; [[Jim Lovell]], the Command Module Pilot and [[William Anders]], Command Module Pilot became the first humans to orbit around the [[Moon]].
Apollo 8 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in [[Florida]] on December 21, 1968, and it took three days to travel to the Moon, which they orbited for 20 hours. While in lunar orbit the crew made a Christmas Eve television broadcast in which they read from [[Genesis]] 1:1-10 and wished the people of earth a Merry Christmas. This would be the most watched television broadcast in history, surpassed during the Apollo 11 flight. The mission returned to Earth on December 27.
Apollo 8 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in [[Florida]] on December 21, 1968, and it took three days to travel to the Moon, which they orbited for 20 hours. While in lunar orbit the crew made a Christmas Eve television broadcast in which they read from [[Genesis]] 1:1-10 and wished the people of earth a Merry Christmas. This would be the most watched television broadcast in history to that date, though soon to be surpassed during the Apollo 11 flight in July, 1969. The mission returned to Earth on December 27.
[[Category:Space Exploration]]
[[Category:Space Exploration]]
[[Category:Space Race]]
[[Category:Space Race]]