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  • Launch- December 21, 1968 Landing- December 27, 1968 Astronauts- Frank Borman, William A. Anders and James A. Lovell Jr. Apollo 8 was the first mission to orbit the moon, making Borman, Anders and Lovell the first humans to see the far side of the moon. They conducted lunar landing site tracking while in orbit for…

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  • Launch- December 21, 1968 Landing- December 27, 1968 Astronauts- Frank Borman, William A. Anders and James A. Lovell Jr. Apollo 8 was the first mission to orbit the moon, making Borman, Anders and Lovell the first humans to see the far side of the moon. They conducted lunar landing site tracking while in orbit for…

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  • Commander Frank Borman leads the way for fellow astronauts Jim Lovell and Bill Anders as they leave the suit up room for the launch pad for the Apollo 8 mission. Image #: Date: December 21, 1968 via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/21o8RJ4

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  • Commander Frank Borman leads the way for fellow astronauts Jim Lovell and Bill Anders as they leave the suit up room for the launch pad for the Apollo 8 mission. Image #: Date: December 21, 1968 via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/21o8RJ4

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  • November 11-15, 1966 – 3 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes, 31 seconds Astronauts – James A. Lovell, Jr. (Commander), Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. (Pilot) The Gemini XII mission was the final mission of the Gemini Program. Gemini XII rendezvoused and docked with GATV-12 and kept station with it during EVA. Aldrin set an EVA record…

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Paul Sedra

Historian of Modern Egypt