Apollo 8 Mission

Launch Service Provider

NASA

Vehicle

Saturn V

Crew

Frank Borman

Jim Lovell

William Anders

Apollo 8 was the first flight of the mighty Saturn V launch vehicle key to human exploration of the moon. The three-astronaut crew — Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders. This Mission was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon.