Apollo 8 first manned mission to the moon successfully launched

Tuesday, December 21 The 355th day of the year 10 days left Today in history On this day in 1968, Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, is successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, Jr. and William Anders aboard. On Christmas Eve, the astronauts entered into orbit around the moon...

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