1968

1. 1968-12-21 launch

   Apollo 8 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Apollo 8

   • Space transportation

   Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon.

2. 1968-12-24 human spaceflight

   Apollo 8 photographs Earthrise

   Apollo 8’s crew photographed Earth rising above the lunar horizon.