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Apollo 8 Mission Control Room at Apollo/Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The second manned mission in the American Apollo space program, Apollo 8 was the first human spaceflight to leave Earth orbit; the first to be captured by and escape from the gravitational field of another celestial body; and the first crewed voyage to return to Earth from another celestial body—Earth's Moon. The three-man crew of mission Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit, the first to see Earth as a whole planet, and then the first to directly see the far side of the Moon. The 1968 mission, the first manned launch of a Saturn V rocket, was also the first manned launch from the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, located adjacent to Cape Canaveral.
Space Shuttle Atlantis ready for its July 8, 2011 launch at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, the very last space shuttle flight. Atlantis will carry the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station. Atlantis also will fly a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing spacecraft and return a failed ammonia pump module. Photo by Sven Eberlein, June 11, 2011
The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is one of the largest buildings in the world. It was originally built for assembly of Apollo/Saturn vehicles and was later modified to support Space Shuttle operations. Photo by Sven Eberlein, June 2011.
Space Shuttle Atlantis in the distance at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, three weeks before the very last space shuttle flight on July 8, 2011. Atlantis will carry the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station. Atlantis also will fly a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing spacecraft and return a failed ammonia pump module. Photo by Sven Eberlein
Orion, or the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, the next generation spacecraft. America will send a new generation of explorers to the moon aboard NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle. The first test flight of the Orion is planned for 2013, abort tests in 2014, and the first crewed Orion flight is anticipated in 2016. Orion is part of the Constellation Program to send human explorers back to the moon, and then onward to Mars and other destinations in the solar system. Photo taken at Kennedy Space Center, by Sven Eberlein, June 2011.
The Apollo 14 capsule "Kitty Hawk" shortly after splashdown on February 9, 1971. Photo taken at Kennedy Space Center, by Sven Eberlein, June 2011.
"We choose to go to the moon." - John F. Kennedy Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Photo by Sven Eberlein
Apollo 8 Mission Control Room at Apollo/Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The second manned mission in the American Apollo space program, Apollo 8 was the first human spaceflight to leave Earth orbit; the first to be captured by and escape from the gravitational field of another celestial body; and the first crewed voyage to return to Earth from another celestial body—Earth's Moon. The three-man crew of mission Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit, the first to see Earth as a whole planet, and then the first to directly see the far side of the Moon. The 1968 mission, the first manned launch of a Saturn V rocket, was also the first manned launch from the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, located adjacent to Cape Canaveral.
Apollo 8 Mission Control Room at Apollo/Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The second manned mission in the American Apollo space program, Apollo 8 was the first human spaceflight to leave Earth orbit; the first to be captured by and escape from the gravitational field of another celestial body; and the first crewed voyage to return to Earth from another celestial body—Earth's Moon. The three-man crew of mission Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit, the first to see Earth as a whole planet, and then the first to directly see the far side of the Moon. The 1968 mission, the first manned launch of a Saturn V rocket, was also the first manned launch from the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, located adjacent to Cape Canaveral.
Apollo 8 Mission Control Room at Apollo/Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The second manned mission in the American Apollo space program, Apollo 8 was the first human spaceflight to leave Earth orbit; the first to be captured by and escape from the gravitational field of another celestial body; and the first crewed voyage to return to Earth from another celestial body—Earth's Moon. The three-man crew of mission Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first humans to travel beyond low Earth orbit, the first to see Earth as a whole planet, and then the first to directly see the far side of the Moon. The 1968 mission, the first manned launch of a Saturn V rocket, was also the first manned launch from the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, located adjacent to Cape Canaveral.
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