Apollo 8 mission

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:callsign gptkb:Apollo_8
gptkbp:crew gptkb:William_Anders
gptkb:Frank_Borman
gptkb:James_Lovell
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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_mission
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Apollo 8 mission
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:lunarOrbitsCompleted 10
gptkbp:missionPatch Apollo 8 insignia.svg
gptkbp:missionType crewed lunar orbit
gptkbp:notableEvent Earthrise photograph taken
crew read from Genesis during lunar orbit
gptkbp:objective test navigation and communication at lunar distance
demonstrate Saturn V performance
return safely to Earth
test lunar orbit operations
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitalInsertionDate 1968-12-24
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Apollo_program
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Apollo_7_mission
gptkbp:recoveryShip gptkb:USS_Yorktown
gptkbp:reentryLandingSite gptkb:North_Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:Apollo_Command/Service_Module_CSM-103
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson_administration
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5