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> Apollo 8 was unmanned No, it wasn't. From Wikipedia: "Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to r
by greenyoda 3y ago
> Apollo 8 was unmanned
No, it wasn't.
From Wikipedia: "Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth. These three astronauts — Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders — were the first humans to witness and photograph the far side of the Moon and an Earthrise."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8
- defrost 3y agoSee my response: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36721838 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36721838 Apollo 8 was an error on my part - I pulled that from the "yeah, no" link - the key part is that Hamilton started on unmanned mission before the first crewed mission.