First to the Moon: The Story of Apollo 8 is a 2018 documentary film about the second crewed spaceflight mission in the United States Apollo space program, which launched on December 21, 1968. Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit, reach the Moon, orbit it, and return safely to Earth. [1]

First to the Moon | The Journey of Apollo 8 | NASA | History | FULL DOCUMENTARY. In 1968, NASA sent three men farther and faster than anyone had gone before. This is the story of how...

Apollo 8: The Mission That Changed the World: Directed by John Osborne. With William Anders, Denis Hayes, Robert Poole, Frank Borman. A documentary telling the inside story of humankind's first ever mission to the moon - a thrilling journey that changed our understanding of our own place in the universe.

2017年9月22日 · Featured are air-to-ground tapes of astronauts' descriptions of the mission, as well as outstanding on-board photography of the Earth, Moon, and IVA. Apollo 8 official documentaryFirst voyage...

2005年10月31日 · On Christmas Eve 1968, one of the largest audiences in television history tuned in to an extraordinary sight: a live telecast of the moon's surface as seen from Apollo 8, the first manned space...

2018年12月26日 · In disarray, and threatened by the prospect of a Soviet Union victory in the space race, NASA decided upon a radical and risky change of plan: turn Apollo 8 from an earth-orbit mission into a...

In December of 1968, amongst social strife, campus unrest, and a difficult war in Vietnam, these brave men ventured into unknown territory. They were the true pathfinders of the Apollo program. The story of Apollo 8. — Kevin Lemmon. Successful Kick Starter campaign brought this project from a dream to reality.

2023年12月22日 · In December of 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel to another body in space. But as crew members Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders all later recalled, the most important thing they discovered was Earth.

2024年7月11日 · On December 21, 1968, three NASA astronauts embarked on a journey that would take them “Round the moon and back.” The Apollo 8 mission proved the performance of the command and service module and was the first crewed launch of the Saturn V rocket.