Apollo 8
December 21, 1968
Apollo 8 launched this morning and they are not going to Earth orbit. They are going to the Moon. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders are riding the Saturn V to lunar orbit. For the first time in history, human beings are leaving Earth to go to another world.…
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Uncategorized
November 12, 1968
NASA announced it officially: Apollo 8 is going to the Moon. Not Earth orbit. Lunar orbit. Borman, Lovell, and Anders will be the first humans to leave Earth's gravity.
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Space Race
June 15, 1967
The Soviets have been running an active unmanned lunar program alongside ours. Luna 9 soft-landed in February 1966. Luna 10 orbited in April 1966. Let me take stock.
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