Mission Heritage · canon plane
Apollo 8
NASA · Dec 1968 · success
First humans to leave Earth orbit and circle the Moon.
The record
| Crew | Borman · Lovell · Anders | NASA SP-4029 |
| TLI Δv | ≈ 3,140 m/s (S-IVB) | Apollo Flight Journal |
| Lunar orbits | 10 (≈20 h at the Moon) | NASA SP-4029 |
Verification — our engine vs the published record
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Apollo 11's cinematic is the in-app analog of the same translunar profile.
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Canon entries are admitted and amended through a Go/No-Go — the same review primitive as missions and CAPCOM sources.
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