![A Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 8 crew blasts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 21, 1968. It was the first crewed mission to the moon.](https://www.historynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/apollo-8-launch-saturn-v-rocket-nasa-image-scaled.jpg)
A Saturn V rocket powered by 5 Rocketdyne F-1 engines blasts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 21, 1968, carrying the Apollo 8 crew. It was the first crewed mission to the moon. (NASA)
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A Saturn V rocket powered by 5 Rocketdyne F-1 engines blasts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 21, 1968, carrying the Apollo 8 crew. It was the first crewed mission to the moon. (NASA)
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