Apollo 8

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf crewed spaceflight
gptkbp:backupCrew gptkb:Buzz_Aldrin
gptkb:Neil_Armstrong
gptkb:Fred_Haise
gptkbp:broadcasts Christmas Eve 1968
gptkbp:callsign gptkb:Apollo_8
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Frank_Borman
gptkbp:commandModulePilot gptkb:James_Lovell
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew gptkb:William_Anders
gptkb:Frank_Borman
gptkb:James_Lovell
gptkbp:distance ~933,419 km (580,604 mi)
gptkbp:duration 6 days, 3 hours, 42 seconds
gptkbp:firstBook first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit
first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon
first crewed spacecraft to reach the Moon
first humans to see the far side of the Moon
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Apollo_9
gptkbp:goal demonstrate crew, spacecraft, and ground support operations for lunar flight
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Apollo 8
gptkbp:landingDate 1968-12-27
gptkbp:launchDate 1968-12-21
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39A
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Saturn_V
gptkbp:lunarModulePilot gptkb:William_Anders
gptkbp:mission gptkb:Apollo_program
gptkbp:missionPatch gptkb:Apollo_8_mission_patch
gptkbp:missionType gptkb:Moon
gptkbp:notableAchievement first human spaceflight to return from another celestial body
first humans to travel beyond Earth's gravity
gptkbp:notableEvent Christmas Eve broadcast from lunar orbit
Earthrise photograph taken
gptkbp:numberOfOrbitsAroundMoon 10
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitalInsertionDate 1968-12-24
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Apollo_7
gptkbp:recoveryShip gptkb:USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)
gptkbp:reentryAndSplashdownLocation gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:Apollo_Command/Service_Module_CSM-103
gptkbp:spacecraftMass 28,817 kg (63,470 lb)
gptkbp:status completed successfully
gptkbp:televisionBroadcastAudience estimated 1 billion people
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4