Apollo 8 spacecraft
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The Apollo 8 spacecraft was the NASA mission vehicle that carried the first humans to orbit the Moon in 1968, enabling historic observations and photographs of the lunar surface and Earth from deep space.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo spacecraft
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crewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| achievement |
first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit
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first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon ⓘ first crewed spacecraft to reach the Moon ⓘ first humans to witness Earthrise from lunar orbit ⓘ |
| callSign | Apollo 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Frank Borman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandModule | Apollo Command Module CM-103 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandModulePilot | James A. Lovell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| communicationBand | S-band ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| crewMember |
Frank Borman
NERFINISHED
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James A. Lovell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ William A. Anders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | 3 ⓘ |
| enteredLunarOrbitOn | 1968-12-24 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Apollo 9 spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | paved the way for Apollo 11 lunar landing ⓘ |
| launchDate |
1968-12-21
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21 December 1968 ⓘ |
| launchRocket | Saturn V SA-503 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Saturn V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lunarModule | none ⓘ |
| lunarModulePilot | William A. Anders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lunarOrbitsCompleted | 10 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | North American Rockwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| massAtLaunch | about 28,800 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
first crewed flight to orbit the Moon
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navigation and communication tests at lunar distance ⓘ photographic reconnaissance of lunar surface ⓘ test of Apollo Command and Service Module in lunar orbit ⓘ |
| missionType | crewed lunar orbital mission ⓘ |
| notablePhotograph | Earthrise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | Apollo 8 mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource | fuel cells ⓘ |
| precededBy | Apollo 7 spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryShip | USS Yorktown (CV-10) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryDate |
1968-12-27
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27 December 1968 ⓘ |
| serviceModule | Apollo Service Module SM-103 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceModuleEngine | Service Propulsion System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Apollo Command and Service Module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| splashdownDate | 1968-12-27 ⓘ |
| splashdownLocation | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tliBurnPerformedBy | Saturn V S-IVB stage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Earthrise