The crew of Apollo 8 stands in front of the Apollo Mission Simulator at Kennedy Space Center. The primary objective of Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbital engineering test of the first crewed lunar module, or LM. 50 years later, OMEGA has produced this incredible chronograph in tribute to that mission. Dec 24, 1968. Apollo 8 was a mission in the Apollo program in December 1968. The mission was planned just 4 months before lift… Saturn V launch vehicle with the Apollo spacecraft on top stood 363 feet (110 meters) tall. Image Number: S69-15558 Date: December 21, 1968

As well as having a skeletonised dial, this collectable watch is remarkable for its specially decorated version of the famous Moonwatch calibre 1861. The mission was the second flight in the Apollo program and the first manned flight on the Saturn V rocket. Concurrent prime objectives included an overall checkout of launch vehicle and spacecraft systems, the crew, and procedures. Apollo 8 Launched December 21, 1968 and circled the moon's orbit 10 times before successfully landing the astronauts back on earth six days later. This mission also marked the first time that anyone rode atop a Saturn V, the enormous multi-stage rocket built specifically to propel crewed spacecraft to the Moon. Commander Frank Borman, Pilot Jim Lovell and Bill Anders transmitted a television show while they were in orbit. May 5, 1969.
From left: Jim Lovell, William Anders, Frank Borman.

It was the first manned spaceflight to leave Earth orbit and first to orbit the Moon. Apollo Mission: Launch Date: Landing Date: Landing Site: Latitude: Longitude: EVA time (hours) Traverse (km) Sample Return (kg) 11: 16 Jul 1969: 20 Jul 1969: Mare Tranquilitatis Relive the launch of the first crewed NASA mission to orbit the Moon in 1968 aboard the massive Saturn V rocket at the Firing Room Theater.
Its three crew members were the first human beings to fly to the Moon or to anywhere beyond low Earth orbit. Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968 and sent the first humans out of Earth's orbit. 10 Orbit Completion ... WikipediaThe crew from Apollo 8 was featured during the Super Bowl pre-game show reciting the Pledge of Allegiane prior to the National Anthem. Experience the countdown for Apollo 8 facing the actual consoles used during the Apollo launches as you see and feel the powerful Saturn V Moon rocket lift off from the launch pad and blast into space. The six-day mission lifted off … In 1968, the Apollo 8 crew became the first humans to ever see the dark side of the moon. Launch WikipediaApollo 8 launched at 7:51 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center. It carried Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders on the first launch of a Saturn V with a crew onboard on a mission to orbit the Moon 10 times before returning to Earth on December 27. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission of the Apollo program and the first mission to bring humans to the moon. On 24 December, the crew passed behind the Moon and fired the service module's engines for four minutes, injecting them into lunar orbit. Apollo 8 increased that distance to nearly a quarter of a million miles.