Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968 and sent the first humans out of Earth's orbit. It carried Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders on the first launch of a Saturn V with a crew onboard on a mission to orbit the Moon 10 times before returning to Earth on December 27.
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Kennedy Space Center
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NASA
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Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968 and sent the first humans out of Earth's orbit. It carried Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders on the first launch of a Saturn V with a crew onboard on a mission to orbit the Moon 10 times before returning to Earth on December 27.