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.

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The first manned mission to the moon returned to earth on December 27, 1968. Apollo 8’s crew did not walk on the moon’s surface, but Frank Borman, William Anders, and James Lovell ...

NASA's Artemis 2 mission will send four astronauts to circle the moon, similar to the Apollo 8 mission of 1968. Like Apollo 8, the Artemis 2 crew will not land on the moon but will test systems for ...