Editing 1968 in science (section)

==Space exploration==
* September 15–22 – [[Zond program]]: [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spacecraft [[Zond 5]] becomes the first vehicle to circle the Moon (September 18) and return to splashdown on Earth. It also carries the first living organisms to circle the Moon, including two [[Russian tortoise]]s, ''[[Piophila]]'', [[mealworm]]s, [[plant]]s and [[bacteria]].
* October 11 – [[Apollo program]]: [[NASA]] launches [[Apollo 7]], the first crewed Apollo mission, with [[astronaut]]s [[Wally Schirra]], [[Donn Fulton Eisele]] and [[R. Walter Cunningham]] aboard. Goals for the mission include the first live [[television]] broadcast from [[orbit]] and testing the [[lunar module]] docking maneuver.
* December 24 – [[Apollo 8]] enters [[Moon]] orbit. [[Frank Borman]], [[Jim Lovell]] and [[William A. Anders]] are the first humans to see the [[Far side (Moon)|far side]] of the Moon and planet [[Earth]] as a whole. Anders photographs ''[[Earthrise]]''.