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Apollo 8 Commander
Frank Borman
CSM Pilot
James A. Lovell, Jr.
LM Pilot
William A. Anders
Apollo 8
Christmas from the moon

Apollo 8 earthrise

Rocket: Saturn V, AS-503
Launch: 12/21/68, 07:51:00 a.m. EST
Landing (E): 12/27/68, 10:51:42 a.m. EST
Duration: 6 days, 3 hrs, 0 min, 42 sec
Recovery: 2.5 km, U.S.S Yorktown
Altitude (E): 190 km x 180 km
Altitude (M): 112.4 km x 110.6 km
Orbits (M): 10 (20 hrs, 7 min)
CSM: CSM-103

A more detailed description to follow. In the meantime, see our photos and autographs of this mission.

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