NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Apollo 8

Launch Time
Sat Dec 21, 1968 12:51 UTC

Rocket

Saturn V
NASA
Status: Retired
Price: $1,160.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 35,100 kN
Payload to LEO: 140,000 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 110.6 m

Mission Details

Apollo 8

Apollo 8, the second manned spaceflight mission in the United States Apollo space program, 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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 28,870.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

1968

127th orbital launch attempt

Saturn V

3rd mission
2nd mission of 1968
2nd successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission