december 21st 1968
Apollo 8 was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon.
Apollo 8
No, Apollo 8 was the first manned mission the orbit the moon but it did not land on it.
No, Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon, but it did not land.
No, Apollo 8 was the first manned mission to orbit the Moon, and Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the Moon. No other manned missions have been to the Moon or beyond Earth orbit before or after those missions.
The Apollo 8 spacecraft orbited around the moon 10 times.
1968
In December 1968 Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to go to the moon, orbit it and return to Earth. The astronauts did not land on the moon.
Apollo 6 was an unmanned test flight, which was not intended to reach the moon. Apollo 8 was the first to orbit the moon. Apollo 11 was the first to land on the moon.
The Apollo 8 spacecraft was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon and then return safely to earth.
Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968.
Apollo 8 did not blow up. Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon. It returned to the Earth safely. Apollo 13 is the spacecraft that had an explosion while traveling to the moon.