Apollo 8

Apollo 8 was the second manned mission of the Apollo space program that was launched. Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first humans to travel beyond Earth orbit and into an orbit around the Moon. It was also the first manned launch of the Saturn V rocket.

References

• NASA NSSDC Master Catalog. Retrieved on March 10, 2005
• Apollo By The Numbers: A Statistical Reference by Richard W. Orloff (NASA). Retrieved on March 10, 2005
• Apollo 8 Flight Journal. Retrieved on March 10, 2005
• Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations. Retrieved on March 10, 2005
• Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft. Retrieved on March 10, 2005
• Apollo 8 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved on March 10, 2005
• The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology. Retrieved on March 10, 2005
• Apollo Program Summary Report. Retrieved on March 15, 2005
• Astronauts look back 30 years after historic lunar launch. Retrieved on March 19, 2005
• Biomedical Results of Apollo. Retrieved on March 19, 2005
• Chaikin, Andrew (1994). A Man On The Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts. Viking. ISBN 0670814466.
• Zimmerman, Robert (1998). Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8. Four Wall Eight Windows. ISBN 1568581181.
• Collins, Michael (1975). Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys. W. H. Allen. ISBN 0491016034.
• Slayton, Donald K.; Cassutt, Michael (1995). Deke! : An Autobiography. Forge Books. ISBN 031285918X.
• Compiled by NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (1969). Analysis of Apollo 8 Photography and Visual Observations. US Government Printing Office. NASA PDF online version