Apollo 8 flew three astronauts around the moon in 1968. Artemis 2 plans to run a similar mission in 2024 or so, and the mission commander said the astronauts do see parallels in the two missions.

The film "Debriefing Apollo 8," released in 1969, documents the historic Apollo 8 mission, which marked humanity's first orbit around the Moon. It highlights the collaborative efforts of numerous ...

The mission profile is very similar to NASA’s daring and iconic Apollo 8 mission in December 1968. As with Artemis I, Artemis II will see the Orion capsule launch atop NASA’s new heavy-lift ...

Astronaut Frank Borman, the commander of the 1968 Apollo 8 mission that circled the moon, has died. The Gary native was 95. Borman died Tuesday in Billings, Montana, according to NASA. Borman also … ...

Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts–Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and ...

From left, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders, who became the first humans to escape Earth's gravity, look up at cheering crewmen on the USS Yorktown, the mission's ...

The achievements of Apollo 7 gave NASA the confidence to send Apollo 8 on a daring mission around the moon. The lunar lander wasn’t yet ready to fly, so the crew would test the Apollo capsule ...

'Earthrise' was taken during Apollo 8 mission. On July 20, 1969, Nixon spoke to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin shortly after they became the first humans to set foot ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8′s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has ...

Watch: Apollo 8 crew's Genesis reading. The full audio of Apollo 8's Christmas Eve message. NASA produced this video some years later, adding video footage from multiple Apollo missions.