Today, 57 years ago, on December 27, 1968 (National Calendar November 8, 1968) the first astronauts to fly around the moon returned safely to Earth. The dives boarded the Apollo 8 spacecraft floating on the Pacific Ocean on December 27, 1968, after completing the mission of man's first moon orbit, the three astronauts on Apollo 8 safely returned to Earth. The three astronauts flew around the moon on December 21, and arrived on the moon orbit on the night before Christmas. They read Bible poems and were exhilarated on December 27, 1968. Before they landed on the Pacific water between Hawaii and Samoa, the three astronauts flew around the moon on December 21. People around the world watched a significant part of the flight on TV and their achievements were more meaningful than the recent Soviet spacecraft