NASA is commemorating the heady days in the 1960s when the United States was committing enormous resources, both financial and technological, to its space program, with a celebration this week of the 40th anniversary of the first Apollo flight. That mission four decades ago involved orbiting the moon, but not landing on the lunar surface. Apollo 8 blasted off Dec. 21, 1968, and circumnavigated the moon on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, returning to a safe splash-down on Earth three days…
Glory Days: NASA Remembers When First Lunar Circumnavigation Mission Launched Into Space 40 Years Ago
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