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Apollo 8 was the first mission to take humans to the Moon and back. An important prelude to actually landing on the Moon was testing the flight trajectory and operations for getting there and back. Apollo 8 did this and acheived many other firsts including the first manned mission launched on the Saturn V, first manned launch from NASA's new Moonport, first pictures taken by humans of the Earth from deep space, and first live TV coverage of the lunar surface.
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The Apollo 8 mission was the eighth in a series of flights using Apollo-specification hardware, the second manned flight of a block II spacecraft, and the first manned flight using a Saturn launch vehicle. The mission was ... the first to the vicinity of the Moon and was the continuation of a program to develop manned lunar landing capability.
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Compared one-on-one, the 747-8 Freighter has no competitors. The 747-8 Freighter's empty weight is 81 tonnes (89 tons) lighter than the A380 freighter. This results in a 24 percent lower fuel burn per ton, which translates into 20 percent lower trip costs and 22 percent lower ton-mile costs than the A380F. The 747-8 is the right size for the large airplane market, lowering risk for airlines in a highly variable operating environment.
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Empire 8 champion Nazareth will travel to New Jersey for the first round of the NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament. The Golden Flyers will play Little East Conference champion Rhode Island College Friday in Pomona, N.J. at 6 p.m. ...Read More >>
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MCKINNEY, Texas, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK) announced today that Andrew W. King, 50, has been appointed President of its subsidiary United American Insurance Company, McKinney. At the time of the appointment, Mr. King was President and Chief Marketing Officer at Torchmark's Liberty National Life Insurance Company, Birmingham, AL, a position he has held since 2006. Mr. King will retain the Liberty National position. Mr. King first joined Torchmark at its subsidiary Globe Life And Accident, Oklahoma City, in 1980. In 1995, he was named United American's Senior Vice President, Branch Office.
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The Empire 8 has been announced as an All-American Sportsmanship Conference for National Sportsmanship Day (NSD) by the Institute for International Sport (IIS). This is the first time an athletic conference at any level in any division has ever received such an honor from IIS, founder of NSD. ...Read More >>
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