Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon and the first to launch of the Saturn V rocket lifts off with astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, Jr. and William Anders aboard. It entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968 and returned to earth on Dec 27,1968.
The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service module. On July 20 of the following year, The Apollo 11 spaceflight was the first to land humans on the Moon; Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin. More
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