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Apollo 8

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High Quality - Apollo 8 Saturn V rocket launch

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Apollo 8's Christmas Eve 1968 Message

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DJ Matheus Lazaretti - Apollo 8 (Official Lyric Video)

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【HD】Launch Apollo 8 Saturn V - Awesome!

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Earthrise - Apollo 8

Apollo 8, the second manned spaceflight mission flown in the United States Apollo space program, was launched on December 21, 1968, and became the first manned spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit, reach the Moon, orbit it, and return. The three-astronaut crew—Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders—were the first humans to witness and photograph an Earthrise and to escape the gravity of a celestial body. Apollo 8 was the third flight and the first crewed launch of the Saturn V rocket and was the first human spaceflight from the Kennedy Space Center, located adjacent to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.