Nearly 60 years ago, three Americans made history as the first humans to ever break free of Earth's orbit on their way toward the moon. And when they passed behind the moon to the side Earth never ...

Fifty-seven years ago, three American astronauts set forth on one of the most audacious and inspiring journeys in human history. In late December 1968, NASA astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and ...

The broadcasts from Apollo 8 invited huge television audiences onboard the spacecraft. The astronauts showed how things ...

NASA's Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time. As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity's first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons ...

In their historic first crewed mission to the Moon, Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a Christmas Eve broadcast, reading the first 10 verses of the biblical book of Genesis.

The world's first lunar visitors orbited the moon on Apollo 8. The Artemis II crew will instead go around the moon in an out-and-back slingshot. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Apollo moonshots are a ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum Apollo collection curator Teasel Muir-Harmony detailed the importance and impact of the Apollo 8 mission.

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On December 27, 1968, the Apollo 8 mission returned safely to Earth after a record six days in space. Apollo 8 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Dec. 21, 1968. It had ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — One of America’s most monumental space missions ended not in Houston, but on the deck of an aircraft carrier that would one day call Charleston Harbor home. When Apollo 8 fell back to ...