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Apollo 8
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First crewed space mission to orbit the Moon
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Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) 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 then returned to Earth. The three astronauts—Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders—were the first humans to see and...

Instance of
Human spaceflight
Significant event
Splashdown
Countries
United States
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