ɐpˈɑːloʊ ˈeɪt dᵻsˈɛmbɚ twˈɛnti wˈʌn twˈɛnti sˈɛvən, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt wʌzðə fˈɜːst kɹˈuːd spˈeɪskɹæft tə lˈiːv lˈoʊ ˈɜːθ ˈɔːɹbɪt ænd ðə fˈɜːst hjˈuːmən spˈeɪsflaɪt tə ɹˈiːtʃ ðə mˈuːn.
Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon.