[DOC] [TLE] Apollo 8 - Wikipedia [PAR] Apollo 8, the second human spaceflight mission in the United States Apollo 
space program, was launched on December 21, 1968, and became the first 
manned spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, reach the Earth's Moon, orbit it and return 
safely to Earth. The three-astronaut crew  Commander Frank Borman, 
Command Module ... The crew was named Time magazine's "Men of the Year" 
for 1968 upon their... [DOC] [TLE] Apollo 8: Christmas at the Moon | NASA [PAR] Dec 18, 2014 ... The crew entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. ... Frank Borman, 
Jim Lovell and Bill Anders - became the first humans to orbit another world. .... 
before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely 
to Earth. ... But that first successful landing was far from assured. [DOC] [TLE] Apollo 8: First Around the Moon - Space.com [PAR] Aug 29, 2012 ... The Apollo 8 mission took astronauts around the moon for the first ... never-before 
views of the Earth and moon on December 24, 1968. ... During their seven-day 
flight in December 1968, the crew became the first people to orbit another ... 
spacecraft was out of contact with Earth, on the far side of the moon. [DOC] [TLE] Apollo 8: First Voyage to the Moon, 1968 - EyeWitness to History [PAR] On May 5, 1961 Allan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American to enter space ... 
called upon Congress to establish a space program that would land men on the 
... Apollo 8 would be the first mission to actually make the journey to the moon. ... 
Apollo 8 approached the moon on December 24, 1968 with its crew of Frank... [DOC] [TLE] BBC ON THIS DAY | 24 | 1968: First astronauts orbit Moon - BBC News [PAR] Right on schedule, the crew fired their rocket engine to send Apollo 8 into the first 
of ... mission control in Houston, travelling into the dark side of the Moon - never 
seen ... One of Captain Lovell's first comments today was, "Happiness is bacon ... 
That same year, the crew of Apollo 11 became the first men to walk on the Moon. [DOC] [TLE] Space Quotations: Apollo Moon Mission quotes [PAR] Eyes Turned Skyward: Apollo Moon Mission quotes. ... Neil A. Armstrong, 
Commander Apollo 11, first words spoken by a man ... We've bolstered Neil 
Armstrong's side of the story. .... But it is also desolate - there is no place on earth 
as desolate as what I was ..... William Anders, Apollo 8, first lunar orbit, 24 
December 1968. [DOC] [TLE] American Experience | Race to the Moon | Transcript | PBS [PAR] Oct 6, 2005 ... Narrator: On December 21, 1968, the countdown to one of the greatest moments 
in exploration began. The first manned lunar flight, Apollo 8, was scheduled to fly 
230,000 ... in awe as Apollo 8 set out on man's first journey to the moon. .... 
Narrator: As Apollo 8 embarked upon their six day mission, they left... [DOC] [TLE] Where no man had gone before: The 45th anniversary of Apollo 8 [PAR] Dec 16, 2013 ... When the first astronauts landed on the Moon, it wasn't a straight jump from Earth 
... This December 21st marks the 45th anniversary of the day in 1968 when 
Apollo 8 ... It was part of the US Apollo program, which followed in the footsteps of 
the ... The crew chosen for Apollo 8 were Mission Commander Col. [DOC] [TLE] James A. Lovell Jr. - International Space Hall of Fame :: New Mexico ... [PAR] On December 24, Lovell, Mission Commander Frank Borman, and Lunar Module 
pilot William A. Anders became the first humans to orbit the Moon. ... Time 
magazine voted the crew of Apollo 8 its "Men of the Year" for 1968. ... While 
passing over the far side of the moon, Apollo 13 was 248,655 miles from earth; 
the farthest... [DOC] [TLE] What Were the First Lunar Landings? - Universe Today

Question: On Dec. 24, 1968 the crew from this U.S. lunar mission became the first men to look upon the moon's far side
Answer: Apollo 8