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Spacecraft "Apollo-8"
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Spacecraft "Apollo-8"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT |
| Registration number | 1968-118A / 03626 |
| Time and date of launch (UTC) | 12h.51m.00s. December 21, 1968 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A |
| Launch vehicle | Saturn-5 |
| Spacecraft mass (kg) | 43670 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 32.5 |
| - period (minutes) | 88.2 |
| - perigee (km) | 184 |
| - apogee (km) | 185 |
| Time and date of landing (UTC) | 15h.51m.42s. December 27, 1968 |
| Place of landing | 8.10 N; 165.0 W, miss distance 2.6 km (Pacific Ocean) |
| Duration | 6d.03h.00m.42s. |
| Distance (km) | 0.93 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 1.5 |
| Summary | Testing of the CSM in lunar orbit. First fly of the man around the Moon. Duration of being at lunar (selenocentric) orbit was 20h.07m. |
| CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr | Borman, Frank Frederick | Armstrong, Neil Alden | Brand, Vance DeVoe |
| 2 | CMP | Lovell, James Arthur, Jr. | Aldrin, Edwin Eugene, Jr. | Mattingly, Thomas Kenneth II |
| 3 | LMP | Anders, William Alison | Haise, Fred Wallace, Jr. | Carr, Gerald Paul |
| Call sign | Apollo 8 | |||
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UTC) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Dec 21, 1968 | 12:51:00 |
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Lift-off spacecraft "Apollo-8" (crew: Borman, Lovell, Anders ). |
| Dec 21, 1968 | 15:41:37 |
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S-IVB second burn ignition (for translunar orbit) |
| Dec 21, 1968 | 15:46:55 |
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Engine cutoff |
| Dec 21, 1968 | 16:11:59 |
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Separation of CSM from Saturn-IVB |
| Dec 23, 1968 | 20:29 |
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Equigravisphere |
| Dec 24, 1968 | 09:59:20 |
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Lunar orbit insertion ignition |
| Dec 24, 1968 | 10:03:27 |
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Engine cutoff |
| Dec 25, 1968 | 06:10:16 |
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Transearth injection ignition (SPS) |
| Dec 25, 1968 | 06:13:40 |
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Engine cutoff |
| Dec 27, 1968 | 15:19:48 |
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Command and Service Modules (CM/SM) separation |
| Dec 27, 1968 | 15:37:12 |
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Entry |
| Dec 27, 1968 | 15:51:42 |
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Splashdown of spacecraft "Apollo-8" (crew: Borman, Lovell, Anders ). |
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