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1968 in spaceflight
- Jim LovellJames Arthur Lovell Jr. was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 25th of March 1928. His father James Lovell Sr., a furnace salesman from Toronto, Canada, died in…
- Donn F. EiseleDonn Fulton Eisele was born on the 23rd of June 1930 in Columbus, Ohio. His parents were Herman Eugene Eisele and Lee Ila June Eisele.
- Walter CunninghamRonnie Walter Cunningham was born in Creston, Iowa, on the 16th of March 1932. He grew up watching movies that shaped his future path.
- Frank BormanFrank Frederick Borman II was born on the 14th of March 1928, at 2162 West 11th Avenue in Gary, Indiana. His father Edwin Otto Borman owned an Oldsmobile car…
- Wally SchirraWalter Marty Schirra Jr. was born on the 12th of March 1923 in Hackensack, New Jersey. His family history stretched back to the Italian-speaking village of…
- EarthriseOn the 24th of December 1968, astronaut William Anders held a camera during the Apollo 8 mission. This was the first crewed voyage to orbit the Moon.
- Saturn IBIn 1959, the Silverstein Committee issued recommendations to develop a new class of launch vehicles. NASA chose the Saturn I for early Earth orbital test…
- Saturn VIn September 1945, German rocket technologist Wernher von Braun arrived in the United States under Operation Paperclip. This program authorized by President…
- William AndersWilliam Alison Anders was born in Hong Kong on the 17th of October 1933. His father served as a United States Navy lieutenant during the Second Sino-Japanese…
- Soyuz (rocket family)The first Soyuz launcher touched down in 1966 after a series of four failed test flights. This vehicle emerged from the R-7 Semyorka, which served as the…