# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C1HuOIuuXYh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10423297-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-12-21T15:47:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Fifty-five years ago today, humans rode the Saturn V rocket for the first time. ⁣
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The launch of the Apollo 8 space vehicle from NASAKennedy Space Center on Dec. 21, 1968, began historic journey to orbit the Moon and return. The Apollo 8 astronauts who made the first trip around the Moon were Frank Borman, commander; Jim Lovell, command module pilot; and Bill Anders, lunar module pilot.⁣
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Apollo 8 ushered in a new era of space exploration. The missions that followed in close succession would revolutionize knowledge about the Moon, the origins of our solar system, and the history of the Earth.⁣
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Credit: NASA⁣
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#TBT #OTD #Launch #Apollo #Artemis #Astronaut #SaturnV #Rocket #NASAKennedy

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otd, apollo, tbt, nasakennedy, rocket, launch, artemis, astronaut, saturnv

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