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New page: '''Apollo 8''' was the second sucessful manned mission to the Moon, and an important proof of the concepts needed for the later Apollo 11, as it was the first flight of the Saturn V ro...
'''Apollo 8''' was the second sucessful manned mission to the Moon, and 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 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, surpassed during the Apollo 11 flight. The mission returned to Earth on December 27.