1968 in spaceflight

James Arthur Lovell Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970 which, after a critical failure en route, looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth.

American human-rated launch vehicle

American astronaut (1928–2023)

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)

thumb|300px|Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut [[William Anders]] Earthrise is a photograph of Earth that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. Nature photographer Galen Rowell described it as "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken".

American astronaut (1923–2007)

Soviet cosmonaut (1921-1995)

Russian and Soviet rocket family

American astronaut (1932–2023)

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American astronaut (1930–1987)

series of four space observatories launched between 1966 and 1972

reading of the Book of Genesis by Apollo 8 crewmembers

overview of spaceflight-related events during the year of 1968

family of artificial satellites launched in the 1960s run by the USAF

ATS-4 (Applications Technology Satellite) also known as ATS-D was a communications satellite launched by NASA on August 10, 1968 from Cape Canaveral through an Atlas-Centaur (AC-17) rocket.

SOLRAD (short for "solar radiation") was an American series of satellites sponsored by the US Navy in a program to continuously monitor the Sun. SOLRAD was the Naval Research Laboratory's first post-Vanguard satellite.