Apollo 8, launched December 21, 1968, entering lunar orbit December 24, 1968.
No, Apollo 7 was an 11-day Earth-orbital mission, the first manned launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, and the first three-person US space mission.
The first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon was the Apollo 8 spacecraft.
There have been none. Well, not to Saturn anyway.
They decided to launch a manned mission to the moon out of pride. It was during the cold war and the Russians were trying to put a man on the moon and so the U.S.A, not wanting to be second, redoubled their efforts and finally, in 1969, Neil Armstrong, American, was the first man on the moon. Some Conspiracy theorists believe that the Russians were closer than the U.S. and so the U.S. decided to stage the whole thing in a filming studio in the desert.
The first manned mission that went into orbit around the moon was Apollo 8, commanded by Frank Borman.
Apollo 8 was the first manned craft to go to the moon, Apollo 11 was the first to land.
No, Apollo 7 was an 11-day Earth-orbital mission, the first manned launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, and the first three-person US space mission.
The first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon was the Apollo 8 spacecraft.
No, Apollo 7 did not travel to the moon, its mission was only to test the validity of the spacecraft as it was the first manned launch of the Apollo hardware. Apollo 7 did not leave Earth orbit.
There have been none. Well, not to Saturn anyway.
the JAN website says they want to launch in 2014
China has never made a manned moon landing and arent expected to be able to until at least 2025. They have a launch of an unmanned landing craft scheduled for 2013.
They decided to launch a manned mission to the moon out of pride. It was during the cold war and the Russians were trying to put a man on the moon and so the U.S.A, not wanting to be second, redoubled their efforts and finally, in 1969, Neil Armstrong, American, was the first man on the moon. Some Conspiracy theorists believe that the Russians were closer than the U.S. and so the U.S. decided to stage the whole thing in a filming studio in the desert.
Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to ever land on the moon. Apollo 8 was the first manned mission to actually travel to the moon, but they did not land.
The first manned mission that went into orbit around the moon was Apollo 8, commanded by Frank Borman.
The name of the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon was the lunar module of Apollo 11 called The Eagle.
All of the US manned space flights have originated from Cape Canaveral, Florida.