Apollo 8✌🏼

By:Elisa Vallejo and Marta
Mission duration:6 d 3 h 42 s
Number of crew:3(Frank Borman,James Lovell and William Anders)
Time in Lunar orbit:20h 10 min 13s
Number of lunar orbits:10
Launch:December 27,1968 at 15:51
Was the second manned mission,was launched on December 21, 1968, and became the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, reach the Earth's Moon, orbit it and return safely to Earth and the first to see Earth as a whole planet, the first to directly see the far side of the Moon, and then the first to witness Earthris and first live TV coverage of the lunar surface.

It was also the third flight of the Saturn V

The mission objectives for Apollo 8 included a coordinated performance of the crew, the command and service module, or CSM, and the support facilities. The mission also was to demonstrate translunar injection; CSM navigation, communications and midcourse corrections; consumable assessment; and passive thermal control.