Apollo 8
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Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing and
Earthrise Taken from Apollo 8 by William Anders
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Apollo 8 space-flown silver Robbins medallion
The first stage of AS-503 being erected in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on February 1, 1968
Apollo 7
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Apollo 7 was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program, and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the fire that killed the three Apollo 1 astronauts during a launch rehear
Apollo 8
…Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968, and was the second crewed spaceflight mission flown in the United States Apollo space program (the first, Apollo 7, stayed in Earth orbit). Apollo 8 was the third flight and the first crewed launch of the Saturn V rocket. It was the first human spaceflight from the…
Apollo 7 transmitted the first live television broadcast aboard a crewed American spacecraft.
Left to right: Eisele, Schirra, CunninghamApollo program← Apollo 6Apollo 8 →
Schirra's crew in training for Apollo 2, 1966
The crew during water egress training