CSM-103

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CSM-103 was the Apollo 8 command and service module spacecraft that carried the first humans to orbit the Moon in 1968.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
CSM-103 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo command and service module ⓘ
crew-rated spacecraft ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
callSign Apollo 8 ⓘ
communicationSystem S-band communication system ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewCapacity 3 ⓘ
crewMember Frank Borman ⓘ
James A. Lovell Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Jim Lovell

William A. Anders ⓘ
linked to: William Anders
currentLocation Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago ⓘ
destination lunar orbit ⓘ
followedBy CSM-104 ⓘ
guidanceSystem Apollo Guidance Computer ⓘ
heatShieldFunction protected crew during high-speed reentry from lunar trajectory ⓘ
heatShieldLocation base of command module ⓘ
heatShieldType ablative heat shield ⓘ
launchDate 1968-12-21 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
launchVehicle Saturn V ⓘ
manufacturer North American Rockwell ⓘ
mission first crewed flight of the Saturn V ⓘ
first crewed flight to orbit the Moon ⓘ
missionDuration about 6 days ⓘ
missionPatch Apollo 8 mission insignia ⓘ
linked to: Apollo 8
missionRole command module ⓘ
service module ⓘ
notableAchievement carried first humans to orbit another celestial body ⓘ
notableEvent enabled first Earthrise photographs from lunar orbit ⓘ
operatedBy NASA ⓘ
orbitType lunar orbit and Earth orbit ⓘ
partOf Apollo 8 ⓘ
powerSource fuel cells ⓘ
precededBy CSM-101 ⓘ
program Apollo program ⓘ
recoveredBy USS Yorktown (CV-10) ⓘ
recoveryLocation Pacific Ocean ⓘ
reentryDate 1968-12-27 ⓘ
reentryProfile skip reentry from lunar return velocity ⓘ
separatedFrom Saturn V S-IVB stage in translunar trajectory ⓘ
linked to: S-IVB
servicePropulsionSystem SPS main engine ⓘ
spacecraftSection command module ⓘ
service module ⓘ
spacecraftType Block II Apollo CSM ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
usedFor television broadcasts from lunar orbit ⓘ
testing navigation and guidance in lunar orbit ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo 8 → commandModuleName → CSM-103 ⓘ
CSM-101 → predecessorOf → CSM-103 ⓘ