Very simple - it was the next mission in the series after Apollo 7.
One of the crew members - James Lovell - drew a sketch from which the mission patch was made. It showed the path of the spacecraft, going off to the Moon and returning to Earth describing a figure of 8. Lovell knew that the actual flight path wouldn't be an exact figure of 8, but it was descriptive of the aim of the mission - to fly to the Moon and return - and was a very visual way of including the mission number.
The Apollo 8 astronauts were the men to celebrate Christmas in Space, it was December 1967.
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.
Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968.
Apollo 8 went around the moon, but Apollo 11 landed on the moon, it was called Eagle
Apollo 8 was flown by astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders. Commanding the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission was astronaut James Lovell.
The Apollo 8 was the first to look at the face of the earth ;)
The Apollo 8 astronauts were the men to celebrate Christmas in Space, it was December 1967.
Apollo 13, Apollo 1, Apollo 8, Apollo 10 and maybe some other ones. But missions Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 weren't planned to go to the moon. They were just preparing for Apollo 11.
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When he landed on the moon, the name of command module was the Columbia. The name of the lunar module was the Eagle. His other spacecraft have included the Gemini 8 and Gemini 11.appolo 11Apollo 11
Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968.
Apollo 8 brought silly putty to alleviate boredom.
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.
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 went around the moon, but Apollo 11 landed on the moon, it was called Eagle
No. Both the Apollo cinemas and the Apollo space craft were named after the Greek God Apollo.
Apollo 8 was flown by astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders. Commanding the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission was astronaut James Lovell.