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Apollo 8

Launch: December 21, 1968
Landing: December 27, 1968
Astronauts: Frank Borman, William A. Anders and James A. Lovell Jr.

Apollo 8 was the first mission to orbit the moon, making Borman, Anders and Lovell the first humans to see the far side of the moon. They conducted lunar landing site tracking while in orbit for future missions to the moon.

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Credit: NASA
Image Number: S68-51093
Date: December 1968

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Apollo 8

Launch: December 21, 1968
Landing: December 27, 1968
Astronauts: Frank Borman, William A. Anders and James A. Lovell Jr.

Apollo 8 was the first mission to orbit the moon, making Borman, Anders and Lovell the first humans to see the far side of the moon. They conducted lunar landing site tracking while in orbit for future missions to the moon.

NASA Media Usage Guidelines

Credit: NASA
Image Number: S68-51093
Date: December 1968