<prompt> Yimuphi umsebenzi ongazange uqedwe? Njengoba kunikezwe umbuzo odlule, bhala umongo onempendulo yawo. Kungaba imisho engu-1 kuya kwengu-20. Umongo:  <response>: I-Apollo 8 yayihlelelwe ukuba ibe umsebenzi we-D ngo-December 1968, eyayihamba noMcDivitt, uScott noSchweickart, eyethulwa nge-Saturn V esikhundleni se-Saturn IBs ezimbili. Ehlobo kwase kucace ukuthi i-LM yayingeke ilungele ngesikhathi. Esikhundleni sokuchitha i-Saturn V komunye umsebenzi olula wokuzungeza uMhlaba, uMphathi we-ASPO uGeorge Low wasikisela isinyathelo esinesibindi sokuthumela i-Apollo 8 ukuzungeza iNyanga esikhundleni salokho, ukuhlehlisa umsebenzi we-D kuya emsebenzini olandelayo ngoMashi 1969, nokulahla umsebenzi we-E. Lokhu kwakuyogcina uhlelo lusendleleni efanele. ISoviet Union yayithumele izilwane ukuba zizungeze iNyanga ngoSeptember 15, 1968, ngomkhumbi iZond 5, futhi kwakukholelwa ukuthi ngokushesha zazingase ziyiphinde le nqubo nezisebenzi zasemkhathini ezingabantu. Lesi sinqumo asizange simenyezelwe obala kwaze kwaba ngemva kokuphothulwa ngempumelelo kuka - Apollo 7. Ama-Gemini asebekhulile uFrank Borman noJames Lovell, kanye nomuntu omusha uWilliam Anders bahlaba umxhwele umhlaba wonke ngokwenza ukuzungeza kwenyanga izikhathi eziyishumi ngamahora angu-20, badlulisela izithombe zethelevishini zendawo yenyanga ngoKhisimusi, futhi babuyela ngokuphepha eMhlabeni. 