Apollo 8
Success
DEC 21196812:51:00 UTCThe first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first to reach the Moon, orbit it, and return. The crew orbited the Moon ten times over the course of twenty hours.
LIFTOFF
DEC 21 196812:51:00 UTC
Success
launched from LC-39A Kennedy
aboard Saturn V SA-503 into Lunar
carrying 36,930 kg of payload
Payloads · 2
- 01
Apollo CSM-103
28,870 kg - 02
Apollo LTA-B
9,000 kg
Crew · 3
- 01 Frank F. Borman II from USA
- 02 James A. Lovell Jr. from USA
- 03 William A. Anders from USA
Landing & recovery
Descended under parachute