Saturn V | Apollo 8
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the first flight of the mighty Saturn V launch vehicle key to human exploration of the moon. The three-astronaut crew — Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders. This Mission was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon.
Apollo CSM-103
Serial CSM-103
Launch Crew Count 3
Status Single Use
Landing Time 1968-12-27T15:51:00+0000
Crew
Frank Borman
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1928-03-14
Deceased 2023-11-07
Status Deceased
Type Government
Jim Lovell
Command Module Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1928-03-25
Status Retired
Type Government
William Anders
Lunar Module Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1933-10-17
Deceased 2024-06-07
Status Deceased
Type Government
Saturn V
Height 110.60 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 35100 kN
Diameter 10.10 Meters
Mass To LEO 140000 kg
Liftoff Mass 2970 Tonnes
Launch Success 12
Consecutive Success 11
Maiden Flight 1967-11-09
Launch Failures 1
Programs
Apollo
The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.
