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The year 1968 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.

1 Astronomy

• Neutron stars; Thomas Gold explains the recently discovered radio pulsars as rapidly rotating neutron stars and subsequent observations confirm the suggestion (T. Gold, Nature 218, 731-732, 1968)

2 Space exploration

• October 11 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Don Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard. Goals for the mission include the first live television broadcast from orbitFor other meanings of the term "orbit", see orbit (disambiguation In physics, an orbit is the path that an object makes, around another object, whilst under the influence of a source of centripetal force, such as gravity. History Orbits were first analyse and testing the lunar module docking maneuver.
• December 24December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). There are 7 days remaining. Events 640 John IV becomes Popel 1814 The Treaty of Ghent was signed which ended the War of 1812 1818 Silent Night composed by Franz Xave - Apollo 8Apollo 8 was a manned mission of the Apollo space program. Apollo 8 was the first mission that carried humans beyond Earth orbit, and the first time anyone was closer to another celestial body than they were to Earth. Crew Frank Borman (2), commander Jame enters moon orbit. Frank BormanFrank Borman (born March 14, 1928) was a NASA astronaut, best remembered as one of the three crewmembers of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon. Borman was born in Gary, Indiana, and started to fly at the age of 15. He graduated from the Un, Jim LovellLovell, Jr. born March 25, 1928) was a NASA astronaut who flew on Gemini 7, Gemini 12, and Apollo 8, but is most famous as the commander who brought the crippled Apollo 13 back safely. His four flights made him the recordholder for time in space (over 715 and William A. Anders are the first humans to see the far sideThis article concerns the far side of the Moon. For other uses of the expression see Far side (disambiguation). The Far side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that is permanently turned away from the Earth. This face is not visible because the rotation of the moon and planet earth as a whole.

3 Medicine

• January 2 - Dr. Christian Barnard performs the first successful heart transplant.