Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo program.

Fifty-seven years ago, three American astronauts set forth on one of the most audacious and inspiring journeys in human history. In late December 1968, NASA astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and ...

Apollo 8’s lunar mission ended aboard USS Yorktown. A new Patriots Point exhibit reveals how the carrier recovered the astronauts after their splashdown.

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On December 27, 1968, the Apollo 8 mission returned safely to Earth after a record six days in space. Apollo 8 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Dec. 21, 1968. It had ...

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is unveiling a new Apollo 8 exhibit, commemorating one of the most daring space missions and the USS Yorktown’s essential role in its dramatic recovery. Launched ...

The residents of Timber Cove lined their streets with luminarias and then looked to the moon on Christmas Eve of 1968. One of their neighbors, NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, was circling that familiar yet ...

On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo program. It was also the first mission to bring humans to the moon. It lifted ...