From the holy Bible, from bookof Genises chapter 1 verse 1.
The Apollo 8 astronauts were the men to celebrate Christmas in Space, it was December 1967.
Apollo 8 astronauts were the first to orbit the Moon in December 1968. They did not land on the Moon, but their mission was crucial in paving the way for future Moon landings.
The Apollo 8 astronauts who made the first trip to the moon, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Willam Anders read from the bible, as it was Christmas then in 1967.
Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968.
The Apollo program was initiated in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy with the goal of landing astronauts on the Moon. The first crewed Apollo mission was launched in 1968, and it culminated in the historic Moon landing of Apollo 11 in 1969.
The Apollo 8 astronauts were the men to celebrate Christmas in Space, it was December 1967.
Apollo 8
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 astronauts were the first to orbit the Moon in December 1968. They did not land on the Moon, but their mission was crucial in paving the way for future Moon landings.
The Apollo 8 astronauts who made the first trip to the moon, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Willam Anders read from the bible, as it was Christmas then in 1967.
Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968.
It was in the year 1968 , by Apollo 8 astronauts.
The Apollo program was initiated in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy with the goal of landing astronauts on the Moon. The first crewed Apollo mission was launched in 1968, and it culminated in the historic Moon landing of Apollo 11 in 1969.
The Apollo program sent astronauts to the Moon from 1968 to 1972, with the first landing made by Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. No human has been to the Moon since 1972.
As of October 2023, a total of 24 astronauts have orbited the Moon, primarily during NASA's Apollo missions from 1968 to 1972. Notable astronauts include Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and John Young from Apollo 8; Charles Duke and Ken Mattingly from Apollo 16; and Fred Haise and Jack Swigert from Apollo 13. The only astronauts to have landed on the Moon are the 12 who walked on its surface during these missions.
The first men to enter lunar orbit were US astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders. They did so on Christmas Eve 1968 in their ship Apollo 8.
The two major successes of the Apollo program were the successful orbit of the Moon by Apollo 8 (Christmas Eve, 1968) and the successful lunar landing by Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. During the latter, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon. Ten other astronauts explored the Moon between 1969 and 1972.