Saturn V | Apollo 8

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.

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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.

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Apollo CSM-103


Serial CSM-103

Launch Crew Count 3

Status Single Use

Landing Time 1968-12-27T15:51:00+0000


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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

Status Retired

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


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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.

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