"On the technical side, Apollo 8 was mainly a test flight for the Saturn V and the Apollo spacecraft. The main spacecraft system that needed testing on a real lunar flight was the onboard navigation system."
- Henry SpencerIn the realm of space exploration, there are times when success depends on every element functioning flawlessly. One such instance occurred in December 1968 during the Apollo 8 mission, an ambitious orbit around the moon. The Apollo command module and the Saturn V rocket were combined to create the …