The first spacecraft to orbit the Moon was sent by the Soviet Union. After many attempts, Luna10 was made the success to orbit the moon on April 1966.
The first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon was Apollo 8, which launched on December 21, 1968. It was the second manned mission in the Apollo program and made ten orbits around the moon before returning safely to Earth.
Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968.
The circling of the spacecraft around the moon is called its lunar orbit.
The first man to put foot on the moon was Neil Armstrong followed shortly by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. The rocket that took them into Earth orbit was a Saturn V (five). The spacecraft that took them to the moon and into orbit around it was an Apollo and the spacecraft that took them from moon orbit to the surface of the moon was a Lunar Module.
No, Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon, but it did not land.
Apollo 8 was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon.
The first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon was Apollo 8, which launched on December 21, 1968. It was the second manned mission in the Apollo program and made ten orbits around the moon before returning safely to Earth.
Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968.
The circling of the spacecraft around the moon is called its lunar orbit.
The first man to put foot on the moon was Neil Armstrong followed shortly by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. The rocket that took them into Earth orbit was a Saturn V (five). The spacecraft that took them to the moon and into orbit around it was an Apollo and the spacecraft that took them from moon orbit to the surface of the moon was a Lunar Module.
Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders were the first people to orbit the moon in the Apollo 8 spacecraft.
The Apollo 8 spacecraft was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon and then return safely to earth.
The first US spacecraft to enter into an orbit around a planet other than the moon was Mariner 2, which orbited Venus in 1962.
No, Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon, but it did not land.
Apollo1 was the first spacecraft in the Apollo mission to launched into orbit and land directly land on the moon.
Orbit
The force that causes a spacecraft to orbit the Moon is gravity. Gravity is the force of attraction between two objects with mass, like the Moon and the spacecraft, which keeps the spacecraft in orbit around the Moon.