Apollo 8 membutuhkan waktu tiga hari untuk sampai ke orbit Bulan. Apollo 8 memutari Bulan sepuluh kali, selama 20 jam. Apollo 8 kembali ke Bumi pada 27 Desember 1968, dengan mendarat di Samudra Pasifik.
Referensi
^Mission Evaluation Team (1969). "Appendix A: A.5 Lunar Module Test Article"(PDF). Apollo 8 Mission Report: p. A-14. Diarsipkan dari versi asli(PDF) tanggal 2013-03-02. Diakses tanggal 2013-03-22.Parameter |month= yang tidak diketahui akan diabaikan (bantuan)Pemeliharaan CS1: Teks tambahan (link) – The mass for LTA-B was less than that of a flying LM, because it was essentially a boilerplate decent stage. A fully loaded, flight-ready LM, like the Eagle from Apollo 11, weighed 33.278 pon (15.095 kg), including propellants.
^NASA Public Affairs Office (1968-12-06). "SPACECRAFT STRUCTURE SYSTEMS"(PDF). Apollo 8 Press Kit: pp. 33–34.Pemeliharaan CS1: Teks tambahan (link) – The spacecraft mass at launch includes the CM and SM, but excludes the 8.900-pon (4.000 kg) Launch Escape System (LES), which was discarded before reaching Earth orbit.