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1968

JAN 22, 1968 / APOLLO 5

Unmanned Saturn IB flight tests first lunar module in orbit.

APR 4, 1968 / APOLLO 6

Final successful test of unmanned Saturn V “all-up” test.

OCT 11, 1968 / APOLLO 7

Astronauts Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele & Walter Cunningham orbit the earth aboard final Saturn IB rocket. First live television broadcast from space.

DEC 21, 1968 / APOLLO 8

Frank Borman, Jim Lovell & William Anders are the first humans to orbit the moon.

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