Saturn V | Apollo 8

Mission Status

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Mission Details

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.

Tipo Missione Human Exploration
Orbita Low Earth Orbit
Launch Window 12:51 - 12:51

Rocket Configuration

Name Saturn V
Manufacturer National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Height 110.6 m
Diameter 10.1 m
Maiden Flight 1967-11-09
Success Rate 12/13 (92%)

The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.