Space & ExplorationDecember 1968

Americans orbited the Moon first

Apollo 8 lunar orbit to Apollo 11 landing

Americans first orbited the Moon in December 1968, seven months before the first landing.

Apollo 8 carried three men around the Moon and back without landing. Apollo 11 touched down the following July.

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The apollo programNASA

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