Counting Down to Apollo

One American's account of watching humanity reach the Moon

Tag: translunar injection

They’re On Their Way
December 21, 1968

They’re On Their Way

Apollo 8 launched this morning. The Saturn V worked. The translunar injection burn worked. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders are on their way to the Moon.
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Technology September 20, 1964

How Do You Navigate to the Moon?

I've been trying to understand how you actually navigate a spacecraft from Earth to the Moon. It's not like driving — there are no roads, no landmarks, and everything is moving.
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