Apollo 8
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Apollo 8 was the 1968 NASA mission that first carried humans into orbit around the Moon, marking a pivotal milestone in the space race and lunar exploration.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA Apollo program mission
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crewed spaceflight mission → |
| apoapsisAltitudeMoon |
approximately 312 kilometers
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| backupCommander |
Neil A. Armstrong
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| backupCommandModulePilot |
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.
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| backupLunarModulePilot |
Fred W. Haise Jr.
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| broadcast |
Christmas Eve 1968 television transmission from lunar orbit
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| commander |
Frank Borman
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| commandModuleName |
CSM-103
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| commandModulePilot |
James A. Lovell Jr.
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| country |
United States
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| crewMember |
Frank Borman
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James A. Lovell Jr. → William A. Anders → |
| crewSize |
3
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| Earthrise photograph |
taken by William A. Anders
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| famousEvent |
reading from the Book of Genesis during Christmas Eve broadcast
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| firsts |
first crewed launch of the Saturn V rocket
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first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon → first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit → |
| followedBy |
Apollo 9
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| imageProduced |
Earthrise photograph
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| landingDate |
1968-12-27
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| landingSite |
Pacific Ocean
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| launchComplex |
Launch Complex 39A
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| launchDate |
1968-12-21
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| launchSite |
Kennedy Space Center
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| launchTimeUTC |
12:51:00
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| launchVehicle |
Saturn V
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| launchYear |
1968
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| lunarModulePilot |
William A. Anders
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| lunarOrbitInsertionDate |
1968-12-24
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| missionDuration |
6 days 3 hours 0 minutes
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| missionNumber |
8
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| missionType |
lunar orbital mission
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| objective |
to perform a crewed lunar orbital mission
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to photograph potential Apollo landing sites on the Moon → to test navigation and communication in lunar orbit → |
| operator |
NASA
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| orbitsOfMoon |
10
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| periapsisAltitudeMoon |
approximately 111 kilometers
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| precededBy |
Apollo 7
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| program |
Apollo program
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| recoveryShip |
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
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| significance |
first human mission to leave Earth orbit and reach the Moon
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major milestone in the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union → |
| spaceAgency |
NASA
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| spacecraftName |
Apollo Command and Service Module 103
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| spacecraftType |
Apollo CSM
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| spaceRaceContext |
conducted during the Cold War space race
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| status |
successful
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Referenced by (12)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Apollo program
→
Saturn V → |
notableMission |
|
Fred Haise
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backupCrewAssignment |
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From the Earth to the Moon
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depicts |
|
Apollo program
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|
firstMannedLunarOrbitMission |
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Apollo 7
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followedBy |
|
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
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notableLaunch |
|
Jeffrey Kluger
("Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon")
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notableWork |
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Jim Lovell
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participantIn |
|
Frank Borman
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spaceMission |
|
Apollo command and service module
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|
usedInMission |
|
Frank Borman
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wasCommanderOf |