On, NASA reached a pivotal milestone in America’s race to the Moon with the first launch of an Apollo-Saturn IB rocket, known as AS-201, from Cape Kennedy—today’s Cape Canaveral.
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.
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On the annual Day of Remembrance, "Apollo 1," a film that highlights a NASA tragedy during the race to the moon, was showcased.