Apollo 8

Summary

Apollo 8 is a human spaceflight^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of human_spaceflight entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,272 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Apollo 8 is in the country of United States^[3].
• Apollo 8's image is recorded as Apollo 8 Crewmembers - GPN-2000-001125.jpg^[4].
• Apollo 8's image is recorded as Ap8-S68-56310.jpg^[5].
• Apollo 8's image is recorded as NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg^[6].
• Apollo 8's instance of is recorded as human spaceflight^[7].
• Apollo 8's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[8].
• Apollo 8's logo image is recorded as Apollo-8-patch.png^[9].
• Apollo 8's follows is recorded as Apollo 7^[10].
• Apollo 8's followed by is recorded as Apollo 9^[11].
• Apollo 8's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145769786^[12].
• Apollo 8's GND ID is recorded as 4776869-1^[13].
• Apollo 8's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2004052875^[14].
• Apollo 8's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1968-118A^[15].
• Apollo 8's part of is recorded as Apollo space program^[16].
• Apollo 8's Commons category is recorded as Apollo 8^[17].
• Apollo 8's space launch vehicle is recorded as Saturn V^[18].
• Apollo 8's SCN is recorded as 03626^[19].
• Apollo 8's type of orbit is recorded as lunar orbit^[20].
• Apollo 8's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1968-12-21T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Apollo 8's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +1968-12-27T00:00:00Z^[22].
• Apollo 8's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1968-00-00T00:00:00Z^[23].
• Apollo 8's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ht5^[24].
• Apollo 8's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as hka20231201311^[25].
• Apollo 8's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[26].
• Apollo 8's significant event is recorded as splashdown^[27].

Why It Matters

Apollo 8 ranks in the top 2% of human_spaceflight entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,272 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]