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'''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''' 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 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.