CSM-103

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CSM-103 was the Apollo 8 command and service module spacecraft that carried the first humans to orbit the Moon in 1968.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo command and service module
crew-rated spacecraft
spacecraft
callSign Apollo 8
communicationSystem S-band communication system
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crewCapacity 3
crewMember Frank Borman
Jim Lovell
surface form: James A. Lovell Jr.

William Anders
surface form: William A. Anders
currentLocation Museum of Science and Industry
surface form: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
destination lunar orbit
followedBy CSM-104
guidanceSystem Apollo Guidance Computer
heatShieldFunction protected crew during high-speed reentry from lunar trajectory
heatShieldLocation base of command module
heatShieldType ablative heat shield
launchDate 1968-12-21
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Saturn V
manufacturer Rockwell International
surface form: North American Rockwell
mission first crewed flight of the Saturn V
first crewed flight to orbit the Moon
missionDuration about 6 days
missionPatch Apollo 8
surface form: Apollo 8 mission insignia
missionRole command module
service module
notableAchievement carried first humans to orbit another celestial body
notableEvent enabled first Earthrise photographs from lunar orbit
operatedBy NASA
orbitType lunar orbit and Earth orbit
partOf Apollo 8
powerSource fuel cells
precededBy CSM-101
program Apollo program
recoveredBy USS Yorktown (CV-10)
recoveryLocation Pacific Ocean
reentryDate 1968-12-27
reentryProfile skip reentry from lunar return velocity
separatedFrom S-IVB
surface form: Saturn V S-IVB stage in translunar trajectory
servicePropulsionSystem SPS main engine
spacecraftSection command module
service module
spacecraftType Apollo command and service module
surface form: Block II Apollo CSM
status retired
usedFor television broadcasts from lunar orbit
testing navigation and guidance in lunar orbit

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Apollo 8 commandModuleName CSM-103