Apollo 8 was the first mission to bring humans to the moon. It lifted off on December 21, 1968. It carried <em>Frank Borman, Jim Lovell </em>and<em> Bill Anders</em>.
The spacecraft went to the moon, orbited the moon without landing, and returned to Earth.
Neil Armstrong was, of course, the first human to STEP on the moon. But several other people TRAVELED TO THE MOON before he did.
The main difference between hot and cold desert is that the hot desert is battered by a high sun whereas the cold desert has ice and the snow in the ground.
